Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 2
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Accepted
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Empower the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to coordinate stakeholders and accelerate delivery.
Conclusion
The level of coordination and pace of delivery needed requires the Government to operate in a different way than it has in the past. We welcome the creation of the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, but that Department must now act to coordinate stakeholders, unlock bottlenecks, and drive the pace of delivery required. If the new Department operates ‘business as usual’ the Government will fail to hit its own targets.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government outlines its overall energy strategy for 2035, referencing existing plans like the Net Zero Strategy and Energy Security Plan. It describes the overall goal and existing strategies but does not detail how the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will specifically operate differently to coordinate stakeholders and accelerate delivery as recommended.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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6. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is therefore strengthening its portfolio management approach, as a core element of its delivery of power sector decarbonisation. This includes bringing together relevant measures across the department’s delivery work to provide a ‘whole system’ view and help manage the significant uncertainty towards 2035. The department will use analytical and portfolio management techniques to consider potential options, measure uncertainty and manage the risks, issues, assumptions and interdependencies.
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