Hackney Light and Power

Hackney Light and Power is the clean energy services team of Hackney Council, the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney in the United Kingdom. Rather than operating as a conventional commercial utility, it functions as a council-run programme office that installs renewable energy and improves energy efficiency across the borough. Its work spans solar power on council-owned roofs, electric vehicle charging points with discounted tariffs for Hackney residents, expansion of district heat networks, a Community Energy Fund, a Green Homes small grants programme, and the Hackney Energy Advice Team (HEAT), which offers energy-saving advice sessions. The team's stated goals are to make Hackney the most environmentally friendly borough in London. To that end it aims to install solar panels on council-owned roofs, support non-profit organisations and residents to invest in renewable technologies and make their buildings more energy efficient, increase the number of electric vehicle charging points across the borough, invest in renewable heat generation, and establish a local government-owned energy company. It also creates programmes that address fuel poverty and support vulnerable residents, including annual rounds of the Hackney Community Energy Fund for non-profit organisations and the Green Homes programme for vulnerable homeowners and private renters. Hackney Light and Power is developing a pilot project to generate local renewable electricity that it can sell to residents at a cheaper rate than commercial energy suppliers, and a pilot fuel poverty advice service that attends community spaces across the borough. It also promotes the health and well-being benefits of energy-efficient homes and a greener borough. The team's work supports Hackney Council's target of becoming a zero-net carbon borough by 2040. As a council service rather than a standalone company, Hackney Light and Power is owned and governed by Hackney Council and is funded and directed through local government structures. Its activities are closely tied to the borough's climate emergency response and to national energy and fuel poverty policy. The initiative reflects a wider trend of UK local authorities establishing municipal energy programmes to accelerate decarbonisation and to capture local economic and social benefits from the energy transition.

Hackney Light and Power is the clean energy services team of Hackney Council, the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney. It was established as part of the council's response to the climate emergency and its ambition to make Hackney the most environmentally friendly borough in London. The team operates as a programme office within the council rather than as a separate commercial company, and it oversees a variety of projects across the borough. At the time of the official description, Hackney Light and Power was working on six initiatives across Hackney: solar power on council-owned roofs; electric vehicle charging points with discounted tariffs for Hackney residents; district heat networks expansion; the Community Energy Fund; the Green Homes small grants programme; and HEAT (Hackney Energy Advice Team), which offers energy-saving advice sessions. The team's goals include installing solar panels on council-owned roofs, supporting non-profit organisations and residents to invest in renewable technologies and make their buildings more energy efficient, increasing the number of electric vehicle charging points across the borough, investing in renewable heat generation, and establishing a local government-owned energy company. It also creates programmes that address fuel poverty and support vulnerable residents, including annual rounds of the nationally recognised Hackney Community Energy Fund for non-profit organisations and the Green Homes programme for vulnerable homeowners and private renters. Hackney Light and Power is developing a pilot project to generate local renewable electricity that it can sell to residents at a cheaper rate than commercial energy suppliers, and a pilot fuel poverty advice service to attend community spaces across the borough. It also promotes the health and well-being benefits of energy-efficient homes and a greener borough. The team's work supports Hackney Council's target of becoming a zero-net carbon borough by 2040. As a council service, Hackney Light and Power does not have a separate founding date, ownership structure or commercial listing recorded in the available evidence. Its history is intertwined with Hackney Council's climate and energy policy, and its activities are funded and directed through local government structures. The initiative reflects a broader movement among UK local authorities to develop municipal energy programmes that accelerate decarbonisation, reduce fuel poverty and retain local economic benefits from the energy transition.

A council-run clean energy services team focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency, fuel poverty alleviation and local decarbonisation in the London Borough of Hackney.

• Solar power on council-owned roofs

  Installation of solar panels on roofs owned by Hackney Council.

• Electric vehicle charging points with discounted tariffs for Hackney residents

  Expansion of EV charging infrastructure across the borough with discounted tariffs for residents.

• District heat networks expansion

  Investment in and expansion of district heat networks in Hackney.

• Community Energy Fund

  Annual funding rounds for non-profit organisations, nationally recognised.

• Green Homes small grants programme

  Small grants for vulnerable homeowners and private renters to improve energy efficiency.

• HEAT (Hackney Energy Advice Team)

  Energy-saving advice sessions for residents.

1. 1Clean energy services team (Hackney Light and Power) | Hackney Councilhackney.gov.uk
2. 2Hackney Light and Power - Wikidatawikidata.org