Lucy Shaw

🌹 Councillor, Kensington and Chelsea |
Harvard MBA & MPA, investor, writer |
Co-host of Power Plays Podcast

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

Reducing energy bills isn't just national policy - if local government is on board too, it could be faster and cheaper. Read more in my @guardian letter:

https://t.co/Il7xEKQeBJ

[Cllr Ellie Ormsby @ormsby_ellie]

Great to speak with @KensingtonCLP about my priorities and the road ahead as Leader of the Labour Group in Westminster - and encouraging to hear about the promising results just over the border in Kensington too ❤️🌹

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

Great long weekend out campaigning in North Kensington with our MP @josephpowell, London Assembly Member @JSmallEdwards, fellow council candidates, friends, family and volunteers from @UKLabour. Look forward to talking to everyone again on polling day! 🌹

[Joe Powell MP @josephpowell]

From today, over 26,000 renters in Kensington & Bayswater have stronger rights and protections.

That means
❌ No more no-fault evictions
💸 Limits on rent increases
💰 No bidding wars
🐾 Easier to have pets
✅ Applying the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector
💪🏻 Improving Council enforcement powers

And much, much more.

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

If you set ambitious targets for climate, even if you don't quite reach them, you change the mindset of an organisation towards achieving more than anyone thought was possible - the case for pursuing big goals from @metecoban92 at the @NewStatesman energy conference today

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

Local government is important in bringing down energy bills - it can help (or hinder) the installation process for energy tech like EV chargers, solar panels, heat pumps, and batteries. Good to hear from local gov voices like @RyanJudeGreen at @NewStatesman's energy conference

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

Love this opening energy from @KatieJWhite at the @NewStatesman conference on energy and climate today - can we be constructive on how to actually get stuff done, not just disagreeing for the sake of interesting dinner party debate as @AndrewBowie_MP seems more excited about

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

This feels like a particularly strange hill to die on, with cost of living pressures, a drive to electrify fossil fuel demand during a crisis, and >40% of London cars which cannot be charged at home for lack of off-street parking...
#EVcharging #Electrification #UKpolicy

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

@neso_energy 11/ In short, great work by @energygovuk on using this crisis to ramp up on some big ideas like contracting, more renewables installations, making better use of dis-used land - keen to see more of the details as they unfold and will be writing on this more in the coming weeks.

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

1/ Great to see the @Ed_Miliband and @RachelReevesMP will announce plans today about "weakening the link" between gas and electricity prices in the UK - not by separating wholesale markets but by contracting more. I made the case for this over the past few months - here's why:

[Lucy Shaw @lucyfshaw]

@neso_energy 10/ Great that the Warm Homes Plan / Local Power Plan will be accelerated, including more rooftop solar procurement on government buildings and land. This could be helped by coordinating installs by street, renter-landlord deals and demand aggregation.
https://t.co/9oSF4cuFuT

[Ed Hezlet @watt_direction]

Thanks for making it this far!

Full report linked here: https://t.co/iyr2jUHlm8

And many thanks to @lucyfshaw for co-authoring!