Chamber and committees

Scotland’s Energy Opportunity : Amendment 2

Submitted by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S7M-01114.2
Current status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 10 September 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-01114 in the name of Stephen Gethins (Scotland’s Energy Opportunity), insert at end "; recognises that work on this transformation also requires urgent action to reduce demand for fossil fuels through the acceleration of electrification and a focus on energy efficiency measures, such as insulation, in order to reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills, and further calls for the Scottish Government's Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Onshore Renewable Energy Developments to be made more ambitious than the level set out in the recent working paper, which proposed a real-terms cut compared to the 2014 guidance, based on the principle that people should benefit more from the money that companies make from generating, storing and transmitting renewable energy near them."