With the holiday season well underway, we're reflecting on our recent solar-powered ice cream adventure in Westminster. ☀️🍦 It was a great way to start conversations about how electric technologies like solar panels can help households, businesses and community spaces cut their energy costs.

Can solar power make ice cream taste better? We think so! 🍦☀️ We brought solar-powered ice cream to Westminster, where MPs heard how Styles Ice Cream cut energy bills by switching to solar-powered production and retail.

It may seem a subtle move - but by choosing to take VAT off electricity only - rather than gas - it appears that the govt has finally gotten the memo that the priority is to get Britain using our homegrown clean power ⚡️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham to cut VAT on electricity bills as first cost of living move

Newly appointed chancellor John Healey said move would be funded from cancelling digital ID programme

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Britain's energy future is electric - and the public knows it. Our new research with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social found 60% of people expect most homes and businesses to run mainly on electricity within 20 years. Just 12% think oil and gas will still dominate.

Tomorrow's #EnergyPriceCap increase is another reminder our energy system isn't working. New research with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social found just 1 in 25 people think it's run in the interests of 'ordinary households'. Energy bills remain the UK's biggest cost of living concern.

What can we do to cope with extreme heat? Our CEO Camilla Born talked to @channel4news.bsky.social last night about the modern infrastructure we need for the modern world. An electric system would help with the heat, help with the cold and bring costs down too www.channel4.com/news/britain...

‘Britain deserves better infrastructure’ during heatwaves – Electrify Britain CEO

We were joined by Camilla Born, CEO of Electrify Britain and a former advisor to the COP26 president Alok Sharma.

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Our CEO at Electrify Britain, Camilla Born, reacts to the proposed Energy Independence Bill announced in the King’s Speech 🇬🇧 #EnergyIndependenceBill #KingsSpeech #ElectrifyBritain #Electrification

Last week the Senedd Sources podcast came to Electric Brewery Field in Bridgend to speak to senior party figures about their vision for energy and the economy in Wales. ⚡️ 🎙️ 🔗https://seneddsources.com/listen

Senedd Sources

The brand new podcast taking you inside politics in Wales

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⚡ Can Britain really go electric? Our Director of Policy & Advocacy, Ben Westerman, joins the latest episode of @energyrevolution.bsky.social podcast to explore what it will take to make electrification work for everyone. 🎧👇

Towards the end of last year, we visited one of Transport UK's electric bus depots, electrified by Zenobē, to see the shift to electric public transport up close 🚌⚡ Watch the video 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVv...

We visited an electric bus depot ⚡🚌

We visited an electrified bus depot by TransportUK, powered by Zenobē, to see the shift to electric public transport up close 🚌⚡ Chatting with drivers, the verdict was simple: smoother journeys,…

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Our polling & modelling featured in @telegraph.co.uk earlier this week 👇 In an op-ed, Simone Rossi (CEO, @edfenergy.com) set out the challenge: the UK is growing renewable electricity supply - but demand isn’t keeping up.

Today’s Government proposals could be a turning point - shifting the focus from how we generate power to how we use it. Because the reality is clear: energy security and permanently low bills come from electrification. ⚡🇬🇧

As the government looks to shield homes & businesses from rising bills, our backers’ CEOs @octopus.energy, @edfenergy.com and @eonuk.bsky.social have a clear message in today’s @financialtimes.com: 👉 Now is the moment to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to electrification.

Big news!⚡️ @eonuk.bsky.social has joined @octopus.energy and @edfenergy.com in backing Electrify Britain. This means our campaign is now backed by suppliers serving over half of UK households! At a time of rising gas prices, the case for electrification has never been clearer. 🧵 👇️

Rising petrol prices linked to the Iran war show how quickly global events hit household budgets. ⛽️ Fuel is now over £1.50/litre - many drivers are feeling the pinch. 🔗 www.thetimes.com/business/com...

Up to £12,000 in grants for solar panels & home batteries could soon be fast-tracked UK-wide ⚡️ Rising Middle East tensions show how exposed we are to global energy shocks - households are worried about bills. 🔗 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Energy bills are now Britain’s biggest cost-of-living concern - overtaking food. New polling with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social: 📈 73% cite energy as top concern (up from 66% in Aug 2025) 🌍 Only 27% could absorb further rises 🧍‍♀️ Women & middle-aged Britons hit hardest

We can’t keep doing this. Rising bills. Global shocks. Sticking plaster fixes. People want change - and electrification is the answer.

Great to see @theguardian.com highlight our “Plug In, Pay Less” report 👇 Electric homes are shielded from fossil fuel price spikes - even as global tensions push bills up. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Octopus reports sharp rise in solar panel sales since start of Iran war

Firm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock

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Everyone is looking for ways to save money - and that was true even before the energy crisis. Electrification is starting to show what’s possible: By 2035: ⚡ Save £255/year on energy bills ⚡ +£470 more with an EV ⚡ +£194 with smart time-of-use tariffs That adds up.

Originally planned for 2025, the Future Homes Standard has felt like a bit of a myth in energy policy… But now, it’s finally here. ⚡ So what does this actually mean for households? 🧵 #futurehomesstandard #electrifybritain

It was fantastic to see a packed room at our launch event last night for our new campaign: Plug In, Pay Less. ⚡ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped kick things off with such an energising discussion. #electrifybritain #pluginpayless

Today we’re launching our new campaign: Plug In, Pay Less. Right now, energy bills aren’t really working for anyone: Electricity is artificially expensive. And gas keeps us exposed to global shocks. youtu.be/pEU6Mo7y-zY

Electrify Britain - Plug In, Pay Less

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Electrify Britain's director of policy and advocacy, Ben Westerman, welcomes the announcement from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to accelerate the rollout of plug-in solar and shield households from global fossil-fuel price shocks. ⚡

🚨 MISSING 🚨 Name: Future Homes Standard Last seen: Promised several years ago Distinguishing features: Cuts bills, delivers warmer homes If found, please contact Electrify Britain or Secretary of State Steve Reed. 10 days into March and still waiting… ⏳

Where is the Future Homes Standard? With the end of March deadline looming Camilla Born headed to Westminster to see if the Future Homes Standard had finally appeared. Shock horror: nowhere to be seen.

Has anyone seen the Future Homes Standard? Promised back in 2019, we’re still waiting. The latest promised release date is the end of this quarter - with one month to go, we’ll be keeping a very close eye on developments. #FutureHomesStandard #WhereIsTheFHS

£15bn for warm homes is a BIG moment - and we’re here for it. 🙌 At Electrify Britain, we see this as a historic commitment to upgrading UK homes and making electric tech a cost-of-living solution.

⚡ Britain is installing more heat pumps than ever - but we need to speed up. A record 125,037 were sold in 2025 - up 27% year-on-year, according to the Heat Pump Association.

Huge win for local power & community energy ⚡ The UK is putting £1bn into community-owned clean energy - the biggest investment of its kind ever. This is about real power in real places: communities owning, controlling and benefiting from renewable energy.