How the UK government attempts to derail the community energy revolution | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From blog.p2pfoundation.net - February 11, 2015 5:30 AM

First, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) changed the rules under which energy co-operatives could be established. As a result of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act passed into law last year, the model that has proved so successful in Germany has been deemed ineligible here. The FCA has been rejecting attempts to establish new energy co-ops.