The United Kingdom has passed a new law aimed at keeping the country focused on energy infrastructure by getting key projects rolling in under a year.

The Planning Bill became law on Thursday and promises to streamline project approvals for new energy developments. Motivating legislators was the ostensible need to replace a third of electricity generating capacity “in the next few years”, a programme seen to be mired in regional bureaucracy.

A new central planning committee under the aegis of ministers will mostly be charged with hurrying renewable projects, the government said. Some 1.5 million U.K. homes are now powered by renewable sources like wind and solar, but the government needs more to meet its green targets.

“Low-carbon” power sources, too, are in for faster approval, and a savings of £300 million ($463 million) a year is to be made for faster approvals.

The bill’s wording suggests the public will have “three chances” to comment on new wind and solar parks or tidal energy projects “rather than just one as now”, Planning Bill Minister John Healey was quoted as saying.

Government ministers will now set out National Policy Statements detailing energy infrastructure priorities and go-aheads will be given by a new infrastructure planning commission.

“This will help promoters plan their applications, allow stakeholders to plan their engagement and ensure that all are properly consulted,” Healey stated. The commission replaces eight approval bodies now in existence around Britain.

But the new ministerial body is understood to also oversee approvals for new oil and gas projects, though designed partly to speed renewable energy. Electricity grids, gas and downstream infrastructure will now also be approved centrally.