Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 22
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Government's energy efficiency initiatives plagued by fragmented, stop-go implementation track record.
Conclusion
In its 2022 Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced new funding of £6 billion from 2025 to 2028 to improve energy efficiency for households, business and the public sector. The Chancellor announced that an Energy Efficiency Taskforce would be charged with improving energy efficiency in the UK by reducing energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030, compared to 2021 levels. The Department told us that the Taskforce would align incentives across the private sector, households and government. In March 2023, government announced a further £1.4 billion to support energy efficiency, including for low-income households.69 However, government does not have a successful track record of implementing energy efficiency measures. In December 2021, we reported that government has previously implemented a number of energy efficiency schemes aimed at private domestic housing, for example The Green Deal and the Renewable Heat Incentive, and this fragmented, stop-go activity has hindered stable long-term progress towards government’s energy efficiency ambitions.70
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 24 September 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗