> Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman (above), who represents the North East of Scotland, said that GB Energy is being “dangled like a carrot” in front of the people of Aberdeen who “urgently need lower energy bills and long term sustainable job opportunities”.
> She added: “But it has no premises, no clear plan, and no prospect of employing thousands of people anytime soon. The lack of information about employee numbers is part of a pattern of providing more questions than answers.
> “Aberdeen deserves better than broken promises of change that never comes. We do not have time to wait for Labour to do something while families struggle with increasing energy and household bills, and while our climate is plunged further into destruction.
> “Scotland, and the North East in particular, is a frontrunner in renewables, and we have plenty of skilled, talented workers who can work within this sector to make the energy business a more ethical and green space that provides longevity for our workforce and our planet.”
Conveniently by then, Labour will more than likely be well clear of leading a Government having handed the reigns to Reform with their shockingly bad policies and lack of political willpower to affect real change.
Mark my words: this is yet another PFI scandal in the making and it will not in any way lower your energy bills.
Labour have really fucked this one.
Energy bills are such a crucial and keenly felt outgoing, particularly for colder parts of the country, and this on low incomes and in inefficient older properties.
We all know that energy costs are not coming down, we swallowed the “it’s covid, it’s the war excuses” for a while and then we saw record profits from energy companies, and we see the far lower energy costs in other European counties and those excuses just don’t cut it anymore.
Fucking about which promises of lower bills with absolutely no ability to actually deliver will be very well remembered by a lot of people.
It’s very sad. At the core of it GB Energy (though why it was called GB and not UK I will never understand) has merit as an idea but they don’t seem to be willing to do anything to achieve that idea with it.
Nope, pay wall or forced to accept a shit tonne of ad cookies, hard pass thx
> But, according to DESNZ, none of them are company employees until the GB Energy Bill receives royal assent.
Did anyone actually read the bloody article or what?
It’s budget is likely about to be cut anyways, so it will be hobbled before it even starts. Labour had over a decade to plan for these things and utterly failed on so many election promises so far..
The first stage would be deciding what GB Energy is actually going to be. I was hoping it would represent a British renaissance of state-owned companies, akin to EDF, as the name even seemed to be gaslighting people into thinking that. However, that idea quickly dissipated, and more vagueness followed.
To be fair to Labour, the bill still hasn’t passed the Commons.
I’m sure our resident Labour Party spokesmen will be along shortly to defend the honour of this Publically Owned Energy Company when it’s really just an empty desk Investment Vehicle.
This is a long term plan. What to do people not understand. It’s not going to happen overnight, the target is 2030.
Yes yes yes. But most of the no employees will be in Scotland. As promised
>But, according to DESNZ
According to DEESNUTZ
At least the SNP had the decency to just stop talking about and kill their *energy reseller* idea when the arse fell out of the reseller market and clearly there was nothing such a company could actually do.
We don’t even really know what GBEnergy is supposed to be but they still claim it’s going to be a useful thing.
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> Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman (above), who represents the North East of Scotland, said that GB Energy is being “dangled like a carrot” in front of the people of Aberdeen who “urgently need lower energy bills and long term sustainable job opportunities”.
> She added: “But it has no premises, no clear plan, and no prospect of employing thousands of people anytime soon. The lack of information about employee numbers is part of a pattern of providing more questions than answers.
> “Aberdeen deserves better than broken promises of change that never comes. We do not have time to wait for Labour to do something while families struggle with increasing energy and household bills, and while our climate is plunged further into destruction.
> “Scotland, and the North East in particular, is a frontrunner in renewables, and we have plenty of skilled, talented workers who can work within this sector to make the energy business a more ethical and green space that provides longevity for our workforce and our planet.”
As a reminder: [Ahead of the General Election Ed Milliband claimed GB Energy could be launched “within days” and claimed it would reduce energy bills quickly.](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/labour-launch-gb-energy-wins-election-3113779?srsltid=AfmBOoryvfgH4UpeonQNb8ulFsxBUPwrCrmWlr3YF9lukYDjLLUAOEkD)
Since then, Ian Murray has suggested that it could be [20 years before we see the 1000 jobs promised](https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/s/9DGSTyfJx1).
Conveniently by then, Labour will more than likely be well clear of leading a Government having handed the reigns to Reform with their shockingly bad policies and lack of political willpower to affect real change.
Mark my words: this is yet another PFI scandal in the making and it will not in any way lower your energy bills.
Labour have really fucked this one.
Energy bills are such a crucial and keenly felt outgoing, particularly for colder parts of the country, and this on low incomes and in inefficient older properties.
We all know that energy costs are not coming down, we swallowed the “it’s covid, it’s the war excuses” for a while and then we saw record profits from energy companies, and we see the far lower energy costs in other European counties and those excuses just don’t cut it anymore.
Fucking about which promises of lower bills with absolutely no ability to actually deliver will be very well remembered by a lot of people.
It’s very sad. At the core of it GB Energy (though why it was called GB and not UK I will never understand) has merit as an idea but they don’t seem to be willing to do anything to achieve that idea with it.
Nope, pay wall or forced to accept a shit tonne of ad cookies, hard pass thx
> But, according to DESNZ, none of them are company employees until the GB Energy Bill receives royal assent.
Did anyone actually read the bloody article or what?
It’s budget is likely about to be cut anyways, so it will be hobbled before it even starts. Labour had over a decade to plan for these things and utterly failed on so many election promises so far..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/07/uk-treasury-plans-funding-cuts-at-gb-energy-in-blow-to-ed-miliband
The first stage would be deciding what GB Energy is actually going to be. I was hoping it would represent a British renaissance of state-owned companies, akin to EDF, as the name even seemed to be gaslighting people into thinking that. However, that idea quickly dissipated, and more vagueness followed.
To be fair to Labour, the bill still hasn’t passed the Commons.
I’m sure our resident Labour Party spokesmen will be along shortly to defend the honour of this Publically Owned Energy Company when it’s really just an empty desk Investment Vehicle.
This is a long term plan. What to do people not understand. It’s not going to happen overnight, the target is 2030.
https://preview.redd.it/hec7vu7iraoe1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e244dbc771c619c3c1924d6635479a16c3b8f230
Yes yes yes. But most of the no employees will be in Scotland. As promised
>But, according to DESNZ
According to DEESNUTZ
At least the SNP had the decency to just stop talking about and kill their *energy reseller* idea when the arse fell out of the reseller market and clearly there was nothing such a company could actually do.
We don’t even really know what GBEnergy is supposed to be but they still claim it’s going to be a useful thing.
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