Recommendation 16

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.