Energy Generation and Energy Efficiency

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 15 December 2021.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 1:31, 15 December 2021

Minister, I really welcome that initial response. There's no doubting the Welsh Government's ambitions on behalf of the people of Wales. But one of the interesting things, when we look at this aspect of taking a stake in energy generation and energy efficiency, is that very often you will see—and I would support this as a co-operative member—the idea of share models, where you could involve members of the public, but it tends to go to a certain type of member of the public, if you know what I mean. One of the biggest ways we can get involvement is by either Welsh Government or local authorities actually being that stakeholder on behalf of local people. Are there particular barriers that we can break down or are there ways in which we can make it easier and encourage local authorities to be an active party in energy-generation schemes particularly?