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Speeches by Crichton.

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DateDebate & contributionWords
12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Of course, in the civil service community, when you talk about community energy it is: what is community and what is not community.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

To get to where we want to get—getting community energy as a material consideration in planning—should things like a wholly owned community energy scheme be ahead of one that is only 4% or one that is 20%?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Do we need different levels?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Very good. That is one definition of community energy. Then you have your community energy group, which is only 4%. I would not define that as community led—

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Who do they have to be told by?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

We have been groping for weeks for a definition of community energy.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

I did not know that was there either.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

What we lack is this derogation of status for community energy in the planning process, and we lack a definition of community energy as well.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

It just strikes me that 4% is peanuts—

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

It was not a private—

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

I will try to be quick. First, I am intrigued by this court case, Jenny. When you said 4% of turnover was going to the community, where was the rest of it going?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

We have been groping for weeks for a definition of community energy.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Was it a private individual?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

What you are describing there is what GB Energy should be doing.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Can I put that question the other way? Your to-do list—who needs to get it done? Who needs to tell these guys to do it?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Even though the local authorities have material benefits from the planning. It is difficult, but that is why we are here.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Of course, in the civil service community, when you talk about community energy it is: what is community and what is not community.

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

Tanjua and Emily, if we get to the stage where community energy projects are a material consideration in planning; we define what community is and what benefit comes to my community; and I am a councillor sitting on a planning application where, if I approve this planning application, that money is going to come to my

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

That is what I was going to come to. Eleanor, I know a community when I see one, but simply pretending that something is a community energy company does not make it a community energy company. So how do we get that definition and just guarantee it?

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12 Nov 2025Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394)

I did not know that was there either.

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MethodEach row is one contribution (intervention or speech). Word count from the official text.