{"longTitle":"A Bill to define the term “green energy”; to promote its development, installation and usage; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>This Bill seeks to define and promote &lsquo;green energy. It aims to facilitate the development of green energy by: </p><ul><li>requiring a review and revision of the Government&rsquo;s microgeneration strategy, including feed-in tariffs</li><li>changing permitted development rights in planning law to facilitate the installation of domestic-scale wind turbines or air source heat pumps </li><li>ensuring that any increase in the value of a domestic property caused by the installation of energy efficiency measures or microgeneration systems will not result in higher council tax or, similarly, in higher rates bills for non-domestic properties.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":99,"name":"Mr Peter Ainsworth","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/99/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/99/contact","memberFrom":"East Surrey"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":405,"shortTitle":"Green Energy (Definition and Promotion)","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-11-20T14:42:21","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":7,"introducedSessionId":22,"includedSessionIds":[22],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":2788,"stageId":11,"sessionId":22,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":2644,"stageId":11,"billStageId":2788,"billId":405,"date":"2009-11-12T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":11}}