Taunton and Wellington MP Gideon Amos speaking at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth

Somerset MP unveils plan to halve domestic energy bills during conference speech

Paul JonesSeptember 23, 20250 Comment0

SOMERSET MP Gideon Amos has unveiled an ambitious plan to halve energy bills for UK homes by 2035.

Mr Amos, the Lib Dem MP for Taunton and Wellington, unveiled his plan during a speech to the party conference in Bournemouth on Sunday (September 21).

The current party spokesperson for housing and planning told delegates it was “time to grasp the nettle of soaring bills”.

“On any and every doorstep, there is no greater unfairness than the rising cost of living, people are united in their dismay at rising energy company profits while bills keep going up,” he went on.

Delegates heard the plan would cut domestic energy bills from £1,720 today to around £860 by 2035.

“It’s time to use all the levers we have to bear down on making bills cheaper for families everywhere – and to do so by using the cheapest forms of generation – by which of course I mean renewable generation,” Mr Amos said, adding his plan took an “evidence-based approach”.

Taunton and Wellington MP Gideon Amos speaking at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth

The plan unveiled includes:

Extending controlled pricing to all renewable generation – a so-called ‘pot zero’ of cheaper energy
Bringing back market coupling with the EU so we again have a free market in electricity transfers
Using new technologies to store energy at the cheapest time of day
Upgrading all homes with an emergency insulation programme, starting with free insulation and heat pumps for those on lowest incomes, and ensuring that all new homes are zero-carbon

“This is our agenda for better, cleaner, cheaper living for us, for our neighbours, and for our planet,” he added.

“Let’s bring back free trade in energy with Europe, a new deal on energy pricing, store energy more cheaply, and make our homes cleaner and warmer.

“Align all these policies with one goal – to halve energy bills – making them cheaper for everyone, working for you and building a better, brighter future.

“That’s the kind of hope Liberal Democrats stand for.”

Liberal Democrat members voted in favour of Mr Amos’s proposals, making them official party policy as part of a motion entitled ‘For People, For Planet’.

The Liberal Democrat Party Conference ends today (September 23).