Warrington Borough Council is expected to receive all its investment back from its stake in failed energy firm Together Energy, which went bust in January, according to its administrators.
An energy company owned by Warrington Borough Council has delayed complying with an order to pay £12.4m to regulator Ofgem, running the risk of losing its licence to supply energy.
A Scottish council has launched a 50/50 joint venture energy company with a Swedish state-owned energy firm to supply heating to a new town on the edge of Edinburgh.