Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group

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The Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, (PRASEG) is an All-Party Parliamentary Group for UK politicians and senior industry stakeholders that exists to promote sustainable energy issues in the UK Parliament and the wider political community.

The PRASEG website states:

We hold regular events in Westminster to discuss policy barriers to the development of the market for sustainable energy technologies - renewables, energy efficiency and combined heat and power. We have over 126 parliamentary members and 250 industry members.[1]

PRASEG is based in Grosvenor Gardens house, sharing a building with the Combined Heat and Power Association, the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy and other liberal green technology and carbon offsetting groups whose interests they represent.

Activities

According to its website, PRASEG monitors

Parliamentary activity and legislation that involves, or has an impact on sustainable energy. This activity includes Parliamentary questions, which can provide useful information from Government departments, Parliamentary debates between Members of Parliament and Early Day Motions which help to show the level of Parliamentary support for particular topics. In addition to this, a number of Select Committees investigate particular sustainable energy policy areas. Their conclusions and recommendations are published in the form of a final report.[2]
PRASEG holds monthly seminars in Westminster, whilst Parliament is sitting. We normally invite a Government Minister or representative to discuss policy barriers to the development of the market for sustainable energy technologies - renewables, energy efficiency and combined heat and power.
PRASEG also run annual conferences with ministers (such as the biofuels conference), energy companies and green technologists, and host the 'sustainable energy awards'.[3]

History

Supporting members

Funding

Though the PRASEG website states supporting members as above, the House of commons website states (as of Nov 18th 09) that:[5]

'The group's activities are funded and administered wholly by PRASEG Ltd. (and)

Ordinary members

Covers a range of large industries and energy companies, and a few NGOs and environmental groups. [7]

People

Vice Chairs:

  • David Green is listed by companies house as an association director, since 1999.[10]


Qualifying members

As of 18th Nov 2009 the House of commons website names 20 qualifying MPs covering each political party:[11]

Labour:

Conservative:

Lib Dem:

Scottish National Party:

Funding

Clients

Publications

Contact

Address: PRASEG - Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, 4th Floor, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0BS
Registered address as above
Registered in London
Company No 3809596
Tel: +44 (0)20 7233 5887
Fax: +44 (0)20 7630 9122
Email: info@praseg.org.uk

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ PRASEG About us, Accessed 16/11/09
  2. ↑ PRASEG Parliamentary Work, Accessed 16/11/09
  3. ↑ PRASEG Events, Accessed 16/11/09
  4. ↑ PRASEG Supporting members, Accessed 16/11/09
  5. ↑ Register of All-Party Groups, Section 2: Subject Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 17 Nov 2009
  6. ↑ House of commons website PRASEG, Accessed 18/11/09
  7. ↑ PRASEG Ordinary members, Accessed 16/11/09
  8. ↑ PRASEG Contact Us, accessed 18 November 2009
  9. ↑ House of Commons website Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group, accessed 18 November 2009
  10. ↑ Registered Directors at Companies House, December 2009
  11. ↑ Register of All-Party Groups: Section 2: Subject Groups, UK Parliament website, accessed 18 Nov 2009
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