Consultation Hub

This site will help you find, share and participate in consultations run by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and its predecessor, the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

For more information on government consultations, or see a list of consultations across government, visit GOV.UK.

Open Consultations

  • Hydrogen Blending into the GB Gas Transmission Network

    Government is seeking views to help inform the case for transmission-level blending. This consultation seeks to understand the potential strategic and economic value of blending into the GB gas transmission network. The consultation covers: Strategic considerations of hydrogen...

    Closes today

  • Transition plan requirements consultation

    The manifesto committed to mandating “UK-regulated financial institutions (including banks, asset managers, pension funds and insurers) and FTSE 100 companies to develop and implement credible transition plans that align with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement” and the government announced in...

    Closes 17 September 2025

  • Consumer engagement for consumer-led flexibility

    Consumer-led flexibility (CLF) refers to consumers voluntarily shifting their energy usage to help balance supply and demand in our energy system. This can allow them to take advantage of low prices when energy is abundant and avoid the periods when prices are highest. Optimising and sustaining...

    Closes 19 September 2025

  • Consultation on extending the ECO4 end date

    The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) scheme is due to end on 31 March 2026. It obligates the larger energy suppliers to deliver a target of annual bill savings by installing energy efficiency and heating measures into homes in Great Britain. These measures help households to keep their homes...

    Closes 25 September 2025

  • Scheme Design for Bill Discounts for Transmission Network Infrastructure

    This consultation requests views on scheme design for a bill discount scheme to directly benefit people living close to new and significantly upgraded electricity transmission infrastructure.

    Closes 26 September 2025

Closed Consultations

  • Improving the visibility of distributed energy assets

    Asset visibility refers to the ability to identify and understand the capacity, location, and use of devices that generate, store, or consume energy, including those capable of flexibility. Such devices include electric vehicle chargepoints, solar panel installations, heat pumps and domestic-scale...

    Closed 10 September 2025

  • Hydrogen Economic Regulatory Framework

    This consultation sets out proposed changes to the economic regulatory framework to best suit the needs of 100% hydrogen pipeline networks, established under the Gas Act 1986. We are seeking stakeholder views on this proposed approach and any further evidence to support decisions and subsequent...

    Closed 9 September 2025

  • Electricity Network Infrastructure: Consents, Land Access and Rights

    The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is consulting on changes to land rights and consents processes for electricity network infrastructure to support the transition to Net Zero and secure Clean Power by 2030. This follows an August-September 2022 Call for Evidence, which sought views and...

    Closed 2 September 2025

  • Assessment and rating of wind turbine noise guidance: proposed updates

    Technical guidance for the assessment of noise emissions from onshore wind turbines provides advice to local authorities across the UK for appraising planning applications for onshore wind developments. We're seeking views on updates to bring guidance into line with available evidence;...

    Closed 29 August 2025

  • Raising product standards for household tumble dryers

    This consultation seeks views on: changing the ecodesign requirements for household tumble dryer products increasing the minimum energy performance standard updating the energy labels for tumble dryers placed on the GB market It sets out proposals to: raise the...

    Closed 14 August 2025