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Regional Energy Group

The Energy White Paper made clear that local & regional bodies (Local Authorities, Regional Development Agencies, Regional Assemblies and Government Offices in the Regions) have a key role to play in the success of national energy policy, both because of the impact of the decisions they make and by offering new opportunities.

It commits Government to take steps to improve the way in which we work with local and regional bodies in England on the development and delivery of energy policy.

The Government has therefore set up an informal Regional Energy Group that provides a high-level local and regional perspective on overall UK energy policy. The group consists of senior representatives of the 9 English regions, plus members representing the perspectives of RDAs, Regional Assemblies, GOs and Local Authorities.

This group meets quarterly and takes an overview of:

  • the broad local and regional implications of national energy policy, particularly the follow-up to the Energy White Paper
  • how local and regional bodies can help to shape and deliver national energy policy
  • how government can improve engagement in energy issues at local and regional level and remove barriers that will enable regional and local initiatives to succeed and thrive

The group is also an important forum for information sharing, at and between meetings. The 9 members for the individual English Regions have established links with key regional players to reflect their views and to feed back the output from meetings of the group to them. The group also functions as a virtual network between meetings for disseminating information and airing issues.

The group is represented at full meetings of the interdepartmental Sustainable Energy Policy Network (SEPN) of officials from departments and key organisations taking forward the Energy White Paper.

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