Question reference: S5W-22156
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 March 2019
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 March 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for the (a) establishment and (b) full implementation of its proposed publicly-funded energy company.
Answer
The outline business case for the public energy company is currently underway and we will publish it once we have considered the consultants final report along with our local authority partners. Once completed it will help inform the Scottish Government’s further discussions with local authorities as to how we can work together to deliver the ambition of a public energy company and its associated benefits. In light of these discussions, we expect to publish the outline business case alongside a consultation regarding the vision for and format of the public energy company.
It remains our intention, subject to the findings on the business case, to deliver by the end of this Parliament a “white label” arrangement as the first phase in the development of the public energy company.