BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ENERGY INITIATIVES IN BRISTOL

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1 BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND LOCAL AUTHORITY ENERGY INITIATIVES IN BRISTOL 15 th September 2016

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4 D E M O C R A C Y Participation Power with, not power over Skill that needs practice

5 D E M O C R A C Y A democratic citizenry who do no more than vote in national elections cannot sustain a democracy over the long term. Elinor Ostrom, 2006 Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people s reach, they teach men (sic) how to use and how to enjoy it. Alexis de Tocqueville, 1800s

6 E N E R G Y E L E C T R I C I T Y S Y S T E M Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination

7 D E M O C R A C Y AT E A C H L E V E L Participation needs to link geographical scales National Regional Local Neighbourhood

8 D E M O C R A C Y WAY S O F PA R T I C I PAT I N G Participation is not just verbal Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation Representative Direct

9 Case studies

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11 B R I S TO L E N E R G Y C O - O P E R AT I V E Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination National Regional Local Neighbourhood Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation

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13 E A S TO N E N E R G Y G R O U P Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination National Regional Local Neighbourhood Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation

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15 B R I S TO L E N E R G Y N E T W O R K Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination National Regional Local Neighbourhood Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation

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17 B R I S TO L C I T Y C O U N C I L Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination National Regional Local Neighbourhood Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation

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19 N AT I O N A L G O V E R N M E N T D E PA R T M E N T F O R E N E R G Y Manufacturing and Construction Generation Transmission and Distribution Balancing supply and demand Supply Consumption Support and coordination National Regional Local Neighbourhood Voting Deliberation Implementation Institutional innovation

20 Policy Principles

21 N E S T E D S Y S T E M SUBSIDIARITY: The principle that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level. - Oxford English Dictionary Boundary of local decision-making aligned with local microgrid infrastructure

22 P O L I C Y P R I N C I P L E S Inclusion Resourced support to those currently excluded, to build capabilities Regulation to give space to local Responsibility, not dependency Local initiative and implementation Freedom to innovate with diverse institutional forms to enter market Shift in provision and financing of balancing and transmission services National policies to support renewables and energy efficiency e.g. Rising block tariff, feed in tariff.

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25 S T R U C T U R E Introducing myself Energy and Democracy Case studies Policy outcomes

26 I N T R O D U C I N G M Y S E L F Bridging between Engineering and social science Implementation and theory Local and National