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

  • 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;...

    Closes 29 August 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...

    Closes 2 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...

    Closes 9 September 2025

  • 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...

    Closes 10 September 2025

  • Growing the market for low carbon industrial products: policy framework

    The consultation sets out proposals to deliver a voluntary policy framework to grow the market for low carbon industrial products, with an initial focus on steel, cement, and concrete. Building on the 2023 Carbon Leakage consultation, where the government committed to establish...

    Closes 15 September 2025

Closed Consultations

  • 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

  • Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure

    The Clean Energy Superpower Mission is crucial for economic growth, energy security and reducing electricity bills. By rapidly adopting clean, homegrown energy, Great Britain can control its energy supply and protect both household and national finances from fossil fuel price spikes with cleaner,...

    Closed 16 July 2025

  • Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets: Raising Integrity

    This consultation seeks to clarify and test the UK Government’s proposed policy and governance framework for helping to ensure the integrity of Voluntary Carbon and Nature Market credits and the use of credits. It provides a response to calls from business, finance, farming, and environmental...

    Closed 10 July 2025

  • Clean Heat Market Mechanism: Revisions ahead of Scheme Year 2 (2026/2027)

    Following the launch of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism on 1 April 2025, this consultation sets out the Government’s proposals for Year 2 of the scheme and invites stakeholders to provide their views on these proposals. Read the consultation document on GOV.UK .

    Closed 2 July 2025

  • Code Manager Licence Conditions and Code Modification Appeals to the CMA

    In this joint DESNZ/Ofgem consultation, we set out our proposals for code manager standard licence conditions and code modification appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This follows our first joint consultation in 2024, which consulted on a selection of code manager licence...

    Closed 27 June 2025