Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

To be clear, the local authority would not be the customer. Rather, it would be the individual householders. There are options and there are quite a number of suppliers that are certified as supplying 100% green electricity. People could engage in that regard. Many suppliers offer bundles and, as the Deputy noted, smart home bundles, such as Nest, Climote controllers and other smart home technology, are available if the customer switches supplier. As long as the customer, who is the householder, has the right to choose, those customers could be brought together as a group and shown an attractive deal that is green, renewable and offers alternatives which could be facilitated.