{"id":10611,"date":"2025-02-11T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/?post_type=fd-news&p=10611"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:00:25","slug":"unlocking-community-energy-at-scale-forest-community-energy-member-responds-to-government-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"fd-news","link":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/es\/fd-news\/unlocking-community-energy-at-scale-forest-community-energy-member-responds-to-government-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking community energy at scale: Forest Community Energy member responds to government inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forest Community Energy (FCE) member and AURORA Ambassador Helen Jeffrey<\/a> has responded to the UK Government\u2019s \u201cEnergy Security and Net Zero Committee Inquiry: Unlocking Community Energy at Scale\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen is an active volunteer driving forward strategic work for Forest Community Energy, including leading on organising and hosting a successful event with Octopus Energy in October 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2024, the UK Government launched an inquiry to consider the policy, market and regulatory reforms needed to support the growth of community energy and achieve the sector\u2019s potential impact in supporting our collective effort towards the country\u2019s net zero targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen\u2019s response tells the story of the Forest of Dean\u2019s history, its relationship to coal mining and the challenges that its communities face in relation to fuel poverty, poor insulation and reliance on fossil fuels to heat their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen also sets out the journey that FCE has taken from being set up through AURORA to where it finds itself now, and highlights the following key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n