Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 16
16
Accepted
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The Energy Efficiency Taskforce announced in November 2022, if appropriately resourced and commissioned, has the...
Recommendation
The Energy Efficiency Taskforce announced in November 2022, if appropriately resourced and commissioned, has the potential to make a significant practical contribution to policy implementation. In our view it would be well placed to advise Ministers in the Departments for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Levelling Up Housing and Communities on the best means to achieve the step change in measures to decarbonise domestic and commercial property that the CCC has advocated. We recommend that the remit of the Energy Efficiency Taskforce Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies 83 expressly include the provision of advice to Ministers on any and all measures— including primary and secondary legislation, codes of practice and guidance—which in the Taskforce’s view will contribute to the swiftest possible implementation of energy efficiency measures at the scale the current situation demands.
Government Response Summary
The Energy Efficiency Taskforce will advise ministers on delivering the government’s ambition to reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030, across domestic and commercial buildings and industrial processes, working within existing funding envelopes and policy parameters.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
45. The Energy Efficiency Taskforce will advise and work with ministers on delivery of the government’s ambition to reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030, across domestic and commercial buildings and industrial processes. When discussing and agreeing solutions, the taskforce will work within the parameters of existing government funding envelopes and policy, including the need to meet our statutory net zero and fuel poverty targets, as well as the Public Sector Equality Duty.