Ask your MP to back a National Community Energy Fund

With gas prices skyrocketing and our energy security threatened, there has never been a more important time for us to invest in cheap, clean energy that is owned directly by communities right here in the UK. Yet next month the UK Government is allowing the last remaining funding for community-owned energy in England to lapse.

That's why as part of our plan for community-owned energy, we're calling for the Government to save the Rural Community Energy Fund, and expand it into a National Community Energy Fund that covers both rural and urban areas, as well as community heating and retrofitting projects.

Will you take action now, and ask your MP to back community energy and back the creation of a National Community Energy Fund?

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Dear MP Name MP,
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The UK is fast entering a cost-of-living crisis driven by the rising costs of fuel and energy. With people across the country struggling to make ends meet, imminent action is needed to help relieve energy costs, provide energy security in the face of the war in Ukraine, and maintain the UK’s commitment to Net Zero by 2050. Community energy provides the opportunity to build and own more of our energy production right here in the UK, while driving down their energy costs and promoting renewable technologies. Thousands of communities have already taken control of their energy usage and production, reducing their energy costs and contributing to the mission to achieve Net Zero. Unfortunately, further development of community energy could be put at risk by the Government’s plans not to replace the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF), which is due to finish in April 2022. The RCEF has been instrumental in helping community energy projects to get off the ground, enabling the uptake of renewable energy by communities across England. Establishing a new National Community Energy Fund, as called for across the sector, would help to continue and expand the work of the RCEF. A new national fund should include both rural and urban areas, and also cover heat and retrofitting projects – enabling residents right across the country to enjoy the benefits of greater energy efficiency and renewable power. At a time of national crisis, we all need to do our part to produce energy, reduce waste, and achieve Net Zero. That’s why as a constituent, I would like to know more about your position on community energy and I am asking you to support a new National Community Energy Fund to replace the Rural Community Energy Fund, and to raise this issue with the Government.
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