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Energy Bill

I support the general drift of the amendment, particularly the aspects that seek clarity about the charges. As some noble Lords will be aware, Woking has been at the forefront of energy efficiency and local energy generation in this country. Having looked at the economics of the situation, it was obliged to put in its own local network to distribute to consumers the electricity that was generated by their intermittent sources. It would have been easier for them to feed into the grid at one place and to take it out again a mile away, but that was not acceptable. The prices need to be transparent.