Plugging the Energy Gap

Key information

Publication type: General

Publication date: Tuesday 13 December 2011

Our report Plugging the Energy Gap calls on the Government to work with regions like London to keep financial and environmental costs down as it works to replace older and more polluting power stations and halve carbon emissions.

This is anticipated to cost around £200 billion over the next decade, raising the prospect of higher energy bills in the future.

Our recommendations

We call on the Government to take elements of the Mayor’s RE:NEW programme as a model for its ‘Green Deal’ proposals to help improve energy efficiency nationally.

We also recommend district heating schemes, which can efficiently heat thousands of homes, should also be eligible for existing subsidies and local generation projects being set up in the capital should be part of back-up plans for shortfalls in the electricity supply.

Government response

The Government's response to our report is attached below.

Watch a short video about the report's main findings:

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