APSE Energy Event - London - Bringing policy into action

Date: Thursday 1st May 2025, 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Venue: Broadway House, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NQ

This event is free for APSE Energy members.

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APSE Energy will be hosting an in-person event in London on Thursday 1 May 2025. There will be a range of topics covered, with speakers from the Climate Change Committee, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles and of course local authorities. There will be lots to learn from the experience and expertise of the speakers and discussion amongst delegates for anyone with responsibilities in terms of energy, climate change and service provision.

Agenda:

9:30 am – Registration and refreshments

10:00 am - Session One

Local delivery of a just transition

• Why do we need a just transition?
• Wider social impacts
• Conducting Citizen’s Panels to understand public attitudes to net zero
• Considerations for local authorities

Speaker – Joshua Deru, Just Transition Lead & Sandra Bogelein, Lead Analyst, People and Net Zero, Climate Change Committee

Co-creating a regional approach to domestic retrofit

• Delivering the Local Authority Retrofit Accelerator pilot
• Collaborating across sectors to create a retrofit strategy
• Outcomes and next steps
• Lessons learnt from the LARA pilot

Speaker- Helen Burridge, HCCSP Manager, Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership

Heat network regulation – implications for local authorities

• Changes from previous consumer protections
• How can local authorities prepare for the new regime
• What’s next for heat network regulation?

Speaker- Steve Gummer, Partner & Head of Net Zero, Sharpe Pritchard

Q&A/Discussion

11:30 am - Break

11:45 am - Session Two

Solar PV and microgrid technology – reducing bills for social housing residents

• UK’s first rooftop solar scheme to use microgrid technology to reduce bills for council flat residents;
• How does the scheme work?
• Plans for future expansion

Speaker- Jason Powell, Head of Operations – Hackney Light and Power

Transforming our Waste & Recycling centre to be gas free

• Applying for and spending PSDS funding;
• How we did it;
• Challenges and lessons learnt.

Speaker – Andrew Walker, Head of Energy, London Borough of Islington

From Brown to Green – Installing solar PV on top of Landfill

• Securing investment for renewable energy generation
• Overcoming grid constraints
• The practicalities of the project
• Outcomes and biodiversity co-benefits

Speaker- Bedford Borough Council (Invited)

Q&A/Discussion

1:10 pm - Lunch

2:00pm - Session Three

Cross-pavement solutions for charging: OZEV Guidance

• Why cross-pavement charging?
• Understanding responsibilities and liability;
• Current government support & future plans

Isaac Sidney, Senior Policy Advisor, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

Charging ahead: EV gully charging in Oxfordshire

• The practicalities – cost, insurance, fitting…
• Public engagement and input  
• How it fits into wider charging and EV plans
• Plans for an in-house EV gully scheme  

Elizabeth Bohun, Lead Technologist – Zero Emission Vehicles & Energy Integration Team, Oxfordshire County Council

Q&A/Discussion

3:30 pm - Event Close 

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