Communities living near new onshore wind turbines and solar farms should be given 100 per cent discounts on their energy bills, Tory MPs have said.
The 1922 backbench committee on business, energy and industrial strategy has recommended a tiered system to provide an incentive and compensate people for renewable energy facilities.
It says all new [onshore wind farms] and solar farms should be subject to a local referendum. Those living within a mile of a proposed scheme should be given free energy, it argues. Those within three miles should get a 50 per cent discount and those within four miles 25 per cent over the lifetime of the project.
[Rishi Sunak] was forced to drop the Conservative Party’s moratorium on new onshore wind turbines after [a revolt by Tory MPs, including the former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Construction of turbines in England has in effect been banned since 2015 under planning restrictions introduced under David Cameron, who said people were “fed up” with them.
More than 50 Tory MPs, including Johnson and Truss, have been pushing for an end to the ban as part of efforts to boost growth and make Britain more independent in energy.
Other recommendations include stopping payments for wind farms that turn off when it is too windy because there is too much energy supply. The committee says this approach would give energy companies an incentive to invest in more storage.
It also suggests that all white goods, such as dishwashers and washing machines, should be “smart as standard”, enabling their use to be focused on periods when energy is cheapest.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/…/tories-want-free-energy…

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