Is it time for councils to buy back control of the energy grid?

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Oct 2014

Is it time for councils to buy back control of the energy grid?

Click here to read an article by TCPA chief executive Kate Henderson in The Guardian discussing councils, co-operatives and community energy. The piece was written as part of the Guardian's Big Energy Debate Series.

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