FRIENDS of the Earth Pembrokeshire would like to draw your readers’ attention to the following extract from the businesscornwall.co.uk website, posted January 30.

“Cornwall Council has set out plans for a new energy future for Cornwall which, it claims, will see lower energy bills, greener and more affordable homes and transport, and the potential development of a new locallyowned energy company.

“The vision for Cornwall’s Energy Future, approved by the Council’s Cabinet last week, identifies ambitious targets for 2030 which are designed to ensure that residents, communities and the local economy all benefit from the low carbon energy transition.

“These include: l Reducing fuel poverty to 5% (fuel poverty currently stands at just under 15% in Cornwall) l Meeting 100% of Cornwall’s electricity demand from renewable and low carbon sources l Increasing the proportion of Cornwall’s energy ‘spend’ that is retained within the local economy to 30% l Increasing the proportion of Cornwall’s energy that is owned locally to 50% l Reducing fuel bills by 20% l Creating at least 4,000 new jobs “It also includes the possibility of creating a Cornwall energy company which, the council says, would improve fuel security and ensure that the financial benefits of generating and providing renewable energy are retained locally.”

This all makes so much sense.

And as West Wales has very similar natural energy resources and almost identical economic problems to Kernow, and there’s no point in re-inventing the wheel.

Come on, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, and Carmarthen – hurry up and copy and paste, please.

BETTINA BECKER

On behalf of Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth