The Energy Security Bill was published on 6 July. The aim of this bill is to deliver a cleaner, more affordable and more secure energy system for the long term.
It builds on the ambitious commitments in the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and the British Energy Security Strategy to invest in homegrown energy and maintain the diversity and resilience of the UK’s energy supply.
The Bill aims to facilitate £100 billion of private sector investment by 2030 into new British industries and support around 480,000 clean jobs by the end of the decade.
Key aspects of the bill are:
There are a number of useful factsheets which add a level of detail to the bill itself.
This includes a factsheet on an interesting hydrogen village trial . Areas within Whitby, Ellesmere Port and within Redcar, Teesside have been identified as potential areas for a hydrogen heating village trial which will ill convert a large village of around 1,000-2,000 properties to hydrogen for heating instead of natural gas.