Energy was an important component of the Labour Party’s platform; one of its five key ‘missions’ was to ‘make Britain a clean energy superpower to cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero’ and one of its proposed first six steps was to set up Great British Energy (GBE) ‘a publicly-owned clean power company, to cut bills for good and boost energy security’. To achieve its 2030 goal the government promised to ‘work with the private sector to double onshore wind, triple solar power, and quadruple offshore wind by 2030.’ The goals are very ambitious and represent a deliberate contrast with the policies of the previous Sunak government, which had deferred the target for the phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles and promised an ‘affordable and pragmatic approach to net zero’ in order to minimise the impact on citizens.