First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 32nd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 141/2017 Official bill number / year
Community Energy (Co-ownership) Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Eamon Ryan · Green Party
- Introduced
- 21 Nov 2017
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Planning and Development Act 2000 to require solar and wind energy developers above set thresholds to offer local communities approximately 30% of project equity as investment shares.
- Establishes community co-operative model to manage and distribute shares, with protections against early sale and provisions for low-income residents via credit union loan schemes.
- Requires planning conditions for eligible renewable energy developments, with unsold equity shares held in trust by local authority; guidelines to specify eligible geographic areas and investment limits.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 32nd Dáil21 Nov 2017
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