Great British Energy Act 2025

Commons bill Government Bill 2025-26 Act of Parliament

Passed โ€” Royal Assent 15 May 2025
Sponsor
Ed Miliband (Labour)
+ 1 co-sponsor
  • Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Introduced
25 July 2024
Royal Assent
15 May 2025
About this bill

A Bill to make provision about Great British Energy.

Parliamentary stages

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Commons
โœ“ First reading 25 Jul 2024
โœ“ Second reading 5 Sep 2024โ†—
โœ“ Programme motion 5 Sep 2024
โœ“ Money resolution 5 Sep 2024
โœ“ Committee stage 8 Oct 2024โ†—
โœ“ Report stage 29 Oct 2024โ†—
โœ“ Third reading 29 Oct 2024โ†—
โœ“ Programme motion 25 Mar 2025
โœ“ Consideration Of Lords Amendments 25 Mar 2025โ†—
โœ“ Consideration Of Lords Message 14 May 2025
Lords
โœ“ First reading 30 Oct 2024
โœ“ Second reading 18 Nov 2024โ†—
โœ“ Committee stage 3 Dec 2024โ†—
โœ“ Report stage 11 Feb 2025โ†—
โœ“ Third reading 25 Feb 2025โ†—
Final stages
โœ“ Royal Assent 15 May 2025

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What this bill is about

From the Explanatory Notes (October 2024):

1 The purpose of this Bill is to enable the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to designate a company as Great British Energy and place it on a statutory footing. Great British Energy will be an operationally independent company wholly-owned by the Government. Its objects will be to facilitate, encourage and participate in the production, distribution, storage and supply of clean energy; the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy produced from fossil fuels; improvements in energy efficiency; and measures for ensuring energy security.
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