Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Commons select committee, since 21 October 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and its public bodies, including Ofgem and the Committee on Climate change.

Inquiries

• National Planning Policy Statement on Nuclear Fusion (24 July 2026)
• Business and energy (17 July 2026)
• Warm and comfortable homes (17 July 2026)
• Energy resilience (17 March 2026)
• Warm Homes Plan (23 February 2026)
• Reviewing the electricity market (6 February 2026)
• International climate policy (5 November 2025)
• Managing the future of UK oil and gas (30 October 2025)
• Planning for nuclear energy generation (17 July 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• UK refineries and the role of oil and gas (7 July 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Climate Change Committee (1 July 2025)
• Tidal power and the Severn (29 April 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• National planning for energy infrastructure (25 April 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• Back-billing by energy companies (11 March 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• Smart meters (24 February 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• Revisiting the nuclear roadmap (20 February 2025)
• Building support for the energy transition (19 February 2025)
• The cost of energy (18 February 2025)
• Industrial strategy for clean power (5 February 2025 to 31 December 2025)
• Retrofitting homes for net zero (19 November 2024 to 31 December 2025)
• Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (11 November 2024)
• Unlocking community energy at scale (11 November 2024)
• Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy (11 November 2024 to 27 February 2026)
• Work of Ofgem (13 May 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Net zero and trade (7 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Economics of the energy sector (5 March 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the National Energy System Operator (14 February 2024 to 24 April 2024)
• Energy bills for domestic customers (24 November 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Securing the domestic supply chain (17 November 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of Ofgem (11 September 2023 to 18 October 2023)
• Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mix (7 July 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• A flexible grid for the future (7 July 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Heating our homes (7 July 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• Preparing for the winter (7 July 2023 to 5 March 2024)
• The work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (14 June 2023 to 24 May 2024)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (24)
• Ofgem (13)
• Citizens Advice (8)
• Energy UK (6)
• National Energy Action (5)
• Octopus Energy (5)
• RenewableUK (5)
• Aldersgate Group (4)
• Energy Systems Catapult (4)
• National Energy System Operator (NESO) (4)
• Offshore Energies UK (4)
• Rolls-Royce SMR (4)
• Centrica (3)
• Climate Change Committee (3)
• E.ON (3)