Economic growth and energy security on the agenda as Shapps convenes Downing Street energy summit

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We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Each of these will support thousands of jobs across the country, which could help reduce household energy bills while delivering cleaner, more secure sources of energy, to deliver on the ambition to have the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe by 2035.  SSE’s plans could see it invest up to £40 billion across the decade to 2031-2032 National Grid plc will be investing over £16 billion in the 5-year period to 2026 EDF have outlined plans to invest £13 billion to 2025 RWE have an ambition to invest up to £15 billion in clean energy infrastructure in the UK by 2030 ScottishPower plan to invest £11 billion up to 2028 in critical green energy security infrastructure creating 1,000 jobs this year alone The Public Order Act, with specific powers coming into effect in July to protect critical infrastructure working with the police to ensure protestors cannot gain unauthorised access to sites the work of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, whose 1,300 officers and 300 support staff operate to protect nuclear sites across England, Scotland and WalesThe Energy Security Secretary will also discuss progress on major UK energy investment projects across renewable projects, oil and gas, new nuclear, and new technologies such as carbon capture

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