Energy

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Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.

1. 26 June 2024Legislation

   A Community Energy Benefits bill

   Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer18 contributions

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114 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Jennifer Pride

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …been taking a much more planned approach, as you know, in Wales, to the energy system. We've now got local energy plans across the whole of the country. We're actually able now to feed in, in a proactive way, to this strategic spatial energy plan that's now been co-commissioned between the three…

   Tagged for: “local energy”Official Record

2. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …for it. So, those discussions about how we will work in partnership with the UK Government, through Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and Ynni Cymru, are ongoing at the moment, because, as we've heard, the UK Government is fairly early on in its thinking. So, whilst the legislation will set up Great British…

   Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

3. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …and was able to set out the work that we've already been doing in this space, particularly around Ynni Cymru and Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru. So, those discussions were very good, but I was really clear that our concerns, really, are around the role of Welsh Ministers and of the Senedd as we move forward.…

   Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”, “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”Official Record

4. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …more as well, but I just want to reassure all colleagues that we're still all systems go in terms of Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and the additional funding that we've put into Ynni Cymru as well. So, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, we've got five particular projects that we're working on at the moment, so we'll…

   Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

5. Luke FletcherPlaid

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   Diolch, Cadeirydd. It was actually around the point, Jennifer, that you just made around what happens now with Ynni Cymru and Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, because I'm really interested in how they will interact with GB Energy. So, does that mean now, as we're waiting for that detail from GB Energy—and…

   Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”, “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”Official Record

6. Jennifer Pride

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …manifesto commitment and take that level of detailed thinking that we've actually been doing around Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and Ynni Cymru over the last four or five years. They are still at early stages; there's a chair and there's one member of staff, I believe, now, in Great British Energy to take…

   Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”, “community energy”Official Record

7. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …time to get to the point at which the business cases for particular projects come forward. So, with Ynni Cymru, we're essentially four years ahead of where the UK Government is at the moment—sorry, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru; we're quite a significant way ahead. But perhaps I'll ask Jennifer to talk to us…

   Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”, “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”Official Record

8. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …level of detail, particularly around the business cases. Of course, there's that interrelationship with Ynni Cymru and Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru as well, which, again, is at an early development stage, because this Bill is simply about setting up Great British Energy, and, what comes next in terms of the…

   Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”, “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”Official Record

9. Rebecca EvansLabour

   4 November 2024, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Great British Energy Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

   …renewable projects and so on, so we do see a great deal of potential there, particularly working with Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and Ynni Cymru. But as we set out in the LCM, we are having some further discussions with the UK Government, particularly on what the role of the Welsh Ministers would be, and of…

   Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

10. Rebecca EvansLabour

    23 October 2024, Plenary

    Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

    So, in terms of Welsh Government's own investment, you will see that in the renewable sector. You'll see it through Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and the five projects that we're seeking to develop there. You'll see it in our wider support through Ynni Cymru for more community-based renewable sources of…

    Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

11. Rebecca EvansLabour

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy

    …I don't have that answer, but I will try and get that to you. But I do think that there is a role for Ynni Cymru, particularly, in terms of supporting projects such as that. So, we saw the recent announcement of the new £10 million fund, for example, which might be able to support the increased…

    Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

12. Rebecca EvansLabour

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy

    …it is an approach that we've sought to support. That said, there is a really good case as well for the Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru model, where we do own and we develop these projects and the benefits then do come back to Wales; they're retained in the community as well. So, I think that community benefits…

    Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”Official Record

13. Rebecca EvansLabour

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy

    …also for the communities that host energy projects. I think the work that we've been doing to establish Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru is an absolutely key example of the way in which we want to increase the value to Wales of the renewable energy project development system. A key objective is to generate that…

    Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”, “community energy”, “local energy”Official Record

14. Luke FletcherPlaid

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy

    …last week's meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions? Finally, I'd like to turn to the work of Ynni Cymru. The recent announcement surrounding the Crown Estate's partnership with Great British Energy has done little to allay concerns around the extractive framework within which energy…

    Tagged for: “Ynni Cymru”, “community-owned energy”Official Record

15. Rebecca EvansLabour

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Energy and the green economy

    …of new infrastructure remain in Wales. This model for benefit retention underpins our work to establish Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and Ynni Cymru. Here, Wales is leading the way in establishing public energy companies that will develop projects, retaining the income and value in Wales. In my statement last…

    Tagged for: “Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru”, “Ynni Cymru”Official Record

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