Ensuring access to affordable, secure renewable energy: local ownership through energy communities

In its work on the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal, the EU Commission has placed the focus on competitiveness and affordable energy. Energy communities can contribute to secure, affordable renewable energy in a number of ways, representing an alternative to reliance on imported foreign fossil fuels. Our latest briefing explains why local actors, in particular renewable energy communities and local authorities, must be considered strategic partners in delivering a fair energy security policy framework that puts consumers and communities first. This approach should be supported under the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) and Energy Affordability Action Plan.