<p>‘A Smarter Energy Future for Wales’</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 10 January 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:00, 10 January 2017

(Translated)

May I recommend to Assembly Members that, if they want a vision of the future that is anticipated in the committee report, they visit Pentre Solar, in Glanrhyd in Pembrokeshire, where new social housing has been opened by the Cabinet Secretary, and I was also in attendance, last Thursday? Those are the kinds of developments that are possible now in Wales and we should see far more of that developed here.

But, specifically, the committee recommendation made on energy suggests the creation of a not-for-profit energy company for the whole of Wales, to be an umbrella body for developments such as those that you have just listed—Ynni Ogwen, developments in places like Talgarth, Glanryd—in order to bring people together and to get the best possible deal for the customer as well as the environment and the Government. So, what steps are you taking to undertake that sort of development?