News about GB Energy UK

As this site provides advice to UK consumers it is important to track what is happening with the UK Government's major initiative, GB Energy. Below we catalogue news events without comment to provide a reliable reference. Original source documents are given.

3. Parliamentary Process for the Great British Energy Bill 2024-25

The following is a link to the Great British Energy Bill as it appears on the UK Parliament website, the best place to track the progress of the legislation. The First Reading was 25th July 2024.

This is a pdf copy of the bill in its original form

The following is a link to the Commons Library research Briefing on the bill (briefing published 2nd September 2024).

2. Early appointments

1. Introduction of GB Energy concept in 2024 Labour manifesto

Probably the three key points were: Energy Independence, 650 thousand high quality jobs, slashing fuel poverty. The concept of GB Energy had been talked about much earlier - Keir Starmer first promised a "publically owned energy firm" in 2022.