Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:20 pm on 30 November 2021.
On that point, as my hon. Friend Jonathan Edwards has alluded to, not only do we need that community buy-in to allow for measures but, for too long, the energy system’s centralised nature has led to a disconnect between the consumer and the generation. By bringing them closer together, we may find that the typical consumer gains an appreciation of what is entailed in energy generation, which may bring beneficial behavioural changes on top of everything else.