This virtual meeting featured a wide-ranging Q&A with PRASEG Chair Polly Billington MP on the government’s latest energy policies, including the launch of the Local Power Plan, the Warm Homes Plan, and Clean Power 2030. She outlined efforts to balance clean energy expansion with environmental protection, emphasised strong public backing for climate action, and urged industry to communicate the practical benefits of the transition - lower bills, job creation, and local control of energy.

Discussion also covered community benefits for renewables, heat decarbonisation, grid connection delays, and NESO governance, as well as local authority capacity to deliver the Warm Homes Plan. Polly supported meaningful shared ownership models, a primarily electrified approach to heat with flexibility for rural areas, and aligning future advocacy with Treasury priorities to secure long-term investment and delivery.