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People Power: imagining an energy system that works for everyone

What would a fair energy system actually look like? One that works for everyone, including the millions of people currently being pushed into hardship by their bills.

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What would a fair energy system actually look like? Not just a cheaper one, or a greener one, but one that works for everyone, including the millions of people currently being pushed into hardship by their bills.

Together, we'll examine what a fair energy system looks like, how the costs of the transition should be shared, and how people can help shape the changes ahead.

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Join us for a joint conference with Fair By Design where we're bringing together policy makers, industry, academics and people with lived experience of energy poverty to ask the questions: 

What does a fair energy market look like? And how do we get there?

Our speakers

Keynote opening speech

  • Polly Billington MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Minister for Energy Consumers) at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

What is the current vision for the future energy market?

  • Dr Christian Calvillo, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Energy Policy University of Strathclyde
  • Jaya Sood, Senior Economist, New Economics Foundation
  • Adam Bell, Partner, Stonehaven
  • Mat Lawrence, Founder and Director, Common Wealth
  • Adam Scorer, CEO, National Energy Action

Break out session 1 — How do we deal with the fixed costs of the energy system?

  • Maxine Frerk, Associate, Sustainability First
  • Alex Belsham-Harris, Head of Energy Consumer Markets, Citizens Advice
  • Gareth Fearn, Writer and Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
  • Joshua Emden, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

Break out session 2 — What are the priority interventions to ensure everyone can afford the energy they need to keep them safe and well?

  • Charlotte Johnson, Director of Research and Analysis, Centre for Sustainable Energy
  • Rose Chard, Consumer Insight Manager, Energy Systems Catapult
  • Louise Sunderland, Director, Europe Programme, Regulatory Assistance Project
  • Jonathan Marshall, Principal Economist, Resolution Foundation

How can we involve people in the energy transition? 

Session to be run by Poverty Alliance and members of Fair By Design's lived experience panel, speakers to be confirmed. 

Who is this event for?

This event is free and open to anyone interesting in making energy fair for everyone, including:

  • policy makers
  • industry professionals
  • academics 
  • people with lived experience of energy poverty.

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