Reforming Offshore Wind

The following document, shared here by James Cartlidge MP, Member of Parliament for South Suffolk, is a joint MP response to National Grid ESO (NGESO) Offshore Coordination Project consultation Autumn 2020. It follows a series of virtual conversations with: the Energy Minister, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, and other officials at BEIS; overseas grid operators (e.g. Elia, Belgium); OFGEM; NGESO; technical specialists; local campaigners.

The document has been formally agreed and prepared by the following East Anglian Members of Parliament: George Freeman MP (Mid Norfolk); Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP (Suffolk Coastal); Duncan Baker MP (North Norfolk); Jerome Mayhew MP (Broadland); James Cartlidge MP (South Suffolk) who have endorsed the following contribution to the consultation and intend in the months ahead to engage with parliamentary colleagues across the UK with Offshore Wind interests, and with senior members of the Government, to drive forward the agenda outlined within.

Click here to read.

Neal Lawson

Most days, Neal can be found as Executive Director of the Good Society pressure group Compass. He also writes for OpenDemocracy and The Guardian. Neal has published ‘All Consuming’ (Penguin, 2009) and ‘45° Change’ (2019) which has helped shape Jericho thinking. Neal curates Jericho’s Responsible Tax, Caring Society and Open Research programmes. Before all this, he worked for a trade union; was an adviser to Gordon Brown (who resisted his advice); and ran a communications company.

Contact: neal.lawson@jerichochambers.com

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