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    Share your views

    Share your views

    We’re updating our Community Energy Engagement Strategy to set out new commitments for 2023-2025. Read our current strategy, and let us know what you’d like to see from us next year.

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    Put your community

    Put your community

    We're helping promote the visibility of community energy organisations to enable more peer networking. Put your organisation on the collaborative map, today.

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    Community Energy Engagement Strategy

    Community Energy Engagement Strategy

    We've set out our vision, purpose and approach to engaging community energy organisations.

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Powering Community Energy

The path to net zero requires everyone to act. We share that responsibility and recognise we have a key role to play in facilitating the low carbon transition. It is essential that we work with the communities we serve to address the climate emergency.

By working together, we can deliver better outcomes for all of our customers. Supporting the growth of community energy in our region will help us reach the most vulnerable in our society, as many community energy organisations are trusted intermediaries focussed on the environmental, social, and local economic impacts of our energy system.

Working with our communities, we want to be a proactive, trusted partner providing expert support and capacity building, whilst being a responsible, ethical business. We want to build positive relationships with community and local energy organisations that can benefit us all.

It’s clear that Northern Powergrid is taking its role as an enabler of community energy seriously. The company is demonstrating its commitment to delivering meaningful environmental, social, and local economic benefits across Yorkshire and the North East and we look forward to working with them to make that happen.
Emma Bridge, Chief Executive, Community Energy England.
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Energise Barnsley HartlePower CIC Activating Community Engagement (ACE) Community Energy Forums

Energise Barnsley

We teamed up with Moixa and Energise Barnsley to deliver a ground-breaking trial that demonstrated how clusters of home energy storage batteries could increase capacity on the electricity network and enable more homes to install solar panels. 

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HartlePower CIC

Beneficiary of our Community Energy Seed Fund, HartlePower’s project built on a pilot scheme that offered energy advice, helped people to switch suppliers and make savings through implementing energy saving measures in their homes. HartlePower CIC/CIO are now an established community organisation in Hartlepool. 

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Activating Community Engagement (ACE)

Mobile games could soon become an important tool for energy companies as they seek to manage power demand and keep costs down for customers. We partnered with GenGame on our ACE project that saw more than 2,000 customers competing to win cash prizes by turning off washing machines, televisions, and other household devices to reduce their energy consumption at times of high demand.  

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Community Energy Forums

We are committed to hosting at least two community energy forum every year. 

Recordings of all our previous events are available in the Documents and Resources area of this page below or by visiting the 

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News & Events

NORTHERN POWERGRID COMMUNITY ENERGY LEADERSHIP RECOGNISED
NORTHERN POWERGRID COMMUNITY ENERGY LEADERSHIP RECOGNISED
25 Oct 2022
Northern Powergrid has been shortlisted for the two national awards recognising its work to support community energy projects.
NEW INITIATIVES LAUNCHED TO ENABLE MORE COMMUNITY ENERGY
NEW INITIATIVES LAUNCHED TO ENABLE MORE COMMUNITY ENERGY
12 May 2022
Northern Powergrid is supporting the growth of community energy with launch of two initiatives.
ARE YOU A COMMUNITY ORGANISATION IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND?
ARE YOU A COMMUNITY ORGANISATION IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND?
28 Jun 2021
Apply by 2 August for a community partnering fund grant of up to £10k.
NORTHERN POWERGRID RESEARCH STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE LOCAL BENEFITS FROM COMMUNITY ENERGY
NORTHERN POWERGRID RESEARCH STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE LOCAL BENEFITS FROM COMMUNITY ENERGY
04 Sep 2020
Power network operator demonstrates commitment to local clean energy and enabling net zero carbon emissions.
NORTHERN POWERGRID LAUNCHES COMMUNITY ENERGY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND DECARBONISATION
NORTHERN POWERGRID LAUNCHES COMMUNITY ENERGY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL …
14 May 2020
Northern Powergrid, today announces the publication of its Community Energy Engagement Strategy, detailing how it will foster the growth of community energy across its region.
NET ZERO COMMUNITY ENERGY WEBINAR
NET ZERO COMMUNITY ENERGY WEBINAR
07 May 2020
Join us and our partners Regen on 18 June 2020 for an interactive webinar about working together for a low carbon future.
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND CHARITIES WHILST POWERING REGION
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND CHARITIES WHILST POWERING REGION
07 May 2020
We're keeping the power following during the pandemic and actively supporting charities and organisations across the region.
DISTRIBUTION FUTURE ENERGY SCENARIOS
DISTRIBUTION FUTURE ENERGY SCENARIOS
07 May 2020
We published our Distribution Future Energy Scenarios using an open data approach to encourage input and collaboration. Our visualisation tool allows you to explore pathways for the decarbonisation of generation, transport and heat and the potential...
NORTHERN POWERGRID JOINS WORKSHOP TO GET COMMUNITIES BEHIND LOCAL ENERGY PROJECTS
NORTHERN POWERGRID JOINS WORKSHOP TO GET COMMUNITIES BEHIND LOCAL ENERGY PROJECTS
17 Feb 2020
Northern Powergrid presented to 80 representatives of community groups across the North recently at a Community Energy workshop organised by Durham County Council and Durham Energy Institute.

Timeline

Northern Powergrid identifies the importance of community energy and holds two regional conferences on this topic.
May 2014
Northern Powergrid becomes a Principal Supporter of Community Energy England.
Jun 2014
Northern Powergrid becomes a founding member of North East Community Energy interest group.
Oct 2014
Northern Powergrid holds a second round of regional community energy conferences.
Mar 2015
Northern Powergrid sets up Community Energy Seed Fund – the first of its kind established by a DNO and still on-going - now called our Community Partnering Fund, in partnership with Northern Gas Networks.
Sep 2015
Northern Powergrid publishes the first connections guide for community energy projects.
Sep 2015
Northern Powergrid commissions research that highlights the social return on investment of community energy.
Jan 2016
Northern Powergrid sponsors further development of Community Energy England’s online platform, the Community Energy Hub.
Apr 2016
Northern Powergrid organises a local supply conference to highlight and explore a topic that is key to the success of community energy.
May 2017
Northern Powergrid and Northern Gas Networks merge their community funds, creating Community Partnering Fund.
Sep 2018
Contributes to Catalysing People-powered Energy in Yorkshire and the Humber research led by Sheffield Hallam University.
Jun 2019
Northern Powergrid's Community Energy Engagement Strategy (2020-2023) and first community energy newsletter published.
Apr 2020
Hosted net zero Community Energy webinar together with Regen.
Jun 2020
Northern Powergrid publishes its Regional Community Energy Study, the first in-depth analysis of Community Energy across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire
Aug 2020
Hosted a Community Energy and green recovery webinar with Regen
Sep 2020
Established a Community Energy panel and hosted our first meeting.
Oct 2020
Hosted a Community Energy webinar focusing on heat and energy efficiency with Regen
Nov 2020
Hosted a rural community energy training session.
Apr 2021
Provided written and oral evidence to the UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee, summarising the feedback from our engagement with community energy stakeholders.
Apr 2021
Hosted an energy efficiency training session for community energy groups.
May 2021
Hosted a Community Energy Forum - Community Renewables in a Climate Emergency.
Jun 2021
Hosted a Network Charging Forum for Communities to discuss Ofgem’s ‘minded to’ decision.
Aug 2021
Hosted a Community Energy Forum - Local Energy: Paving the way to net zero.
Sep 2021
Launched our new Net Zero Community Energy Fund and hosted an in-person Community Energy Forum in York - Coming Together in a Climate Emergency.
Mar 2022
Hosted a Community Energy Retrofit Training Session.
Jun 2022
Hosted a Community Energy Public Engagement Training Session.
Sep 2022
COMING...Publishing our second Regional Community Energy Study in November.
Nov 2022

DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS

Community Energy in the North East, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in 2021
Community Energy in the North East, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in 2021
Community Energy Engagement Strategy 2022 progress update
Read our April 2022 update on the progress we’re making against the actions we set out in our strategy.
Net Zero Community Energy Fund Guidance
Read our latest Net Zero Community Energy Fund Guidance
Community Energy Engagement Strategy - 2021 progress update
Community Energy Engagement Strategy - 2021 progress update
Northern Powergrid's response to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry into community energy
Read Northern Powergrid's response - 19 March 2021
Community Energy Connections Factsheet
Answers to questions that are frequently asked by Community Energy groups seeking a new connection to our network.
Community Energy Engagement Strategy (2020 to 2023)
Our Community Energy Engagement Strategy sets out our vision, purpose and approach to engaging community energy organisations from 2020 to 2023.
Community Energy in the North East, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Regional Community Energy Study

DOWNLOAD RESOURCES

Community Energy England
Community Energy England was established in 2014 as a not for profit organisation to provide a voice for the community energy sector and help create conditions within which community energy can flourish.
Visit the website
Community Partnering Fund
Our Community Partnering Fund provides funding for community groups in the region. For information on the latest funding rounds, please visit the website.
Visit the website
Connecting Community Energy - A Guide to Getting a Network Connection
The Energy Network Association's guide for Community Energy stakeholders that explains how to go about getting a new connection
Read the guide
Rural Community Energy Fund
Rural Community Energy Fund is administered by BEIS Regional Hub and provides funding for feasibility studies and community energy project implementation in rural areas.
Visit the website
Community Energy Public Engagement Training Session – 22 September 2022
Watch the recording of our training session for community energy organisations on how to effectively engage different sections of the public in the energy transition.
View the session
Community Energy Retrofit Training Session – 21 June 2022
We partnered with Carbon Co-op and Regen to deliver a retrofit-focussed training session for community energy organisations who want to begin a community-led retrofit service, or engage local people in retrofit.
View the session
Community Energy Forum – York, 25 March 2022
We hosted our first in-person forum since the pandemic, at York CVS in March with presentations from Energy4All, York Community Energy and Community Energy England.
Watch the recording
Community Energy Forum - 16 September 2021
We hosted a forum focusing on local energy business models which can help communities to achieve net zero, and supporting the community energy network in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
View the session
Community Energy Forum - 17 June 2021
We hosted a forum focused on renewable electricity generation projects that communities can do with the scale needed for climate emergency, hearing from established community energy practitioners about their generation projects.
Visit the website
Training Session - 20 May 2021
We hosted a training session for community energy groups with Groundwork’s Green Doctors, exploring how you can deliver energy efficiency measures locally.
View the session
Training Session - 22 April 2021
We hosted a training session for rural community energy groups with Regen and the Regional Energy Hubs, exploring projects which are viable in rural areas.
View the session
Community Energy Forum - 19 Nov 2020
We hosted an online forum focused on heat and energy efficiency.
Visit the website

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We want this to be the start of the conversation. Our role is about more than keeping the lights on - we can support decarbonisation, partnerships, and work collectively to achieve our low carbon future.

Get in touch to share your thoughts and feedback on how we could be doing this, to sign up to our quarterly newsletter, and for any other community energy-related questions. Email: communityenergy@northernpowergrid.com

 

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