End to the local authority power struggle

12 Aug 2010 12:34pm

Councils across Britain will from next week be allowed to sell renewable electricity to the grid and should assume their rightful place leading a local power revolution.

This is a vital step to making community renewable projects commercially viable, to bring in long-term income to benefit local areas, and to secure local acceptance for low carbon energy projects.

(Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change)

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