The UK has some of the highest electricity costs in Europe. There is an urgent need to reform the electricity pricing structure, with the aim of reducing costs for consumers, while still providing enough profit to support investment and growth in the renewables sector.

31 March 2026 (London): Our CEO Garry Felgate shares his thoughts on the impact of the Future Homes Standard, and its implications for the ongoing mission to ensure all UK homes benefit from being carbon free.

24 March 2026 (London): The MCS Foundation has welcomed confirmation that the vast majority of new homes in England will have solar panels and low carbon heating systems.

23 March 2026 (London): Professor Mary Ethna Black is the new Chair of The MCS Foundation, a national charity working to decarbonise UK homes, its Board of Trustees has announced.  

19 March 2026: The MCS Foundation has welcomed Government proposals to allow more businesses, as well as schools and other non-domestic settings, to benefit from homegrown energy in the form of small-scale wind. 

11 March 2026: The MCS Foundation has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that all new homes in Wales will be fitted with solar panels as well as low carbon heating such as heat pumps from Spring 2027.

15 January 2026, Edinburgh: A new report reveals the majority of Scots want to see bold action to transition away from fossil fuel heating within the next decade. 

The UK has some of the highest electricity costs in Europe. There is an urgent need to reform the electricity pricing structure, with the aim of reducing costs for consumers, while still providing enough profit to support investment and growth in the renewables sector.