Financial Conduct Authority accused of undermining official policy by refusing new applications for community projects
The future of community-owned green energy projects that ministers say are crucial to break the dominance of the big six is being put at risk by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to co-operatives and the Labour party.
Thousands of towns and villages have clubbed together around the UK in recent years to set up energy co-ops to generate clean electricity from wind turbines and solar panels.