Department of Energy and Climate Change

This page lists formal written consultations that have closed and for which there is a Government response.

Listed by date:
 

2010

• 31 March 2010 - 28 May 2010: Consultation on the grandfathering policy of support for Dedicated Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion and Energy from Waste under the Renewables Obligation
• 3 March 2010 - 14 April 2010 (extended from 31 March): Second consultation on improving grid access
• 2 March 2010 - 2 June 2010: Allowing local authorities to sell electricity: consultation on making regulations under The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
• 29 January 2010 - 12 March 2010: Early review of the Renewables Obligation band for co-firing of biomass with Combined Heat and Power
• 18 January - 12 April 2010: Joint EU ETS Consultation: Small Emitter and Hospital Opt-Out (Phase III) and NER ring-fence review (Phase II) 
• 15 December 2009 - 15 January 2010: Consultation on proposal to modify electricity supply licence conditions for the purpose of introducing the Feed-In Tariff Scheme  
• 21 December 2009 - 14 March 2010: Extending the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
• 11 December 2009 - 5 March 2010: Consultation on second stage transposition of EU Directive (2008/101/EC) to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
• 21 December 2009 - 15 February 2010: Second consultation on the form and content of Climate Change Agreements 
• 20 November 2009 - 15 January 2010: Consultation on the proposed changes to the publication of monthly coal statistics

2009

• 10 November 2009 - 8 December 2009: Consultation on proposal to transfer the existing section 37 Electricity Act 1989 exemptions for overhead power line consents to the Planning Act 2008 regime
• 25 September 2009 - 30 December 2009: Consultation on the proposed offshore carbon dioxide storage licensing regime
• 15 July 2009 - 15 October 2009:  Consultation on Renewable Electricity Financial Incentives  
• 24 July 2009 - 16 October 2009: Public consultation on amendments to: The Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002 and the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005 
• 30 June 2009 - 22 September 2009: Consultation on the restructuring of the Health & Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate
• 24 June 2009 - 16 September 2009: Consultation on transposition of EU Directive (2009/29/EC) revising EU Directive (2003/87/EC) and relating to greenhouse gas emissions data and national implementation measures
• 17 June 2009 - 9 September 2009: A framework for the development of clean coal
• 12 June 2009 - 4 September 2009: Proposals for a future exemptions regime under The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010
• 12 May 2009 - 4 September 2009: Consultation on the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)
• 11 May 2009 - 3 August 2009: Consultation on smart metering for electricity and gas
• 06 May 2009 - 29 July 2009: Environmental Permitting Programme - Consultation on government guidance
• 23 April 2009 - 22 June 2009: Guidance on carbon capture readiness and applications under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989: a consultation
• 23 March 2009 - 6 May 2009:  Government response to offshore electricity transmission: a further joint Ofgem/DECC regulatory policy update - final consultation document
• 12 March 2009 - 04 June 2009: Consultation on the form and content of new Climate Change Agreements 
• 12 March 2009 - 4 June 2009: Consultation on the draft order to implement the Carbon Reduction Commitment
• 4 March 2009 - 14 May 2009: Consultation on transposition of EU Directive (EC/2008/101) to include aviation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
• 26 February 2009 - 21 May 2009: Consultation on the term ‘carbon neutral’: its definition and recommendations for good practice
• 16 February 2009 - 11 May 2009: Consultation on the second phase of Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP2)
• 12 February 2009 - 8 May 2009: Heat and Energy Saving Strategy (HES) consultation (responses and Government's initial response)
  Heat and Energy Saving Consultation Roadshows
  Alongside the HES consultation, we commissioned three separate pieces of work as part of our Big Energy Shift dialogue. The reports are published below:
  - Dialogue with households from nine communities in England, Wales and N Ireland undertaken by Ipsos Mori
  - Dialogue with the public sector undertaken by the Sustainable Development Commission
  - Dialogue with small and medium business enterprises undertaken by Business in the Community
• 12 February 2009 - 8 May 2009: Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP)
• 12 February 2009 - 23 April 2009: Consultation on the proposed Offshore Gas Storage and Gas Unloading Licensing Scheme
• 12 February - 14 April 2009: Consultation on proposed amendments to the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target 2008-2011
• 26 January 2009 - 23 April 2009: Severn Tidal Power Phase One consultation
• 26 January 2009 - 22 April 2009: Consultation on UK Offshore Energy SEA Environmental Report
• 17 December 2008 – 25 March 2009: Consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association's application to justify new nuclear power stations
• 28 October 2008 - 19 January 2009: Carbon Units, the net carbon account and carbon accounting
• 21 November 2008 - 9 January 2009: Consultation on offshore electricity transmission: a further joint Ofgem/DECC regulatory policy update

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2008

• 22 July 2008 - 11 November 2008: Towards a nuclear national policy statement: Consultation on the Strategic Siting Assessment process and siting criteria for new nuclear power stations in the UK
• 30 June 2008 - 22 September 2008: Towards Carbon Capture and Storage
• 26 June 2008 - 26 September 2008: The UK Renewable Energy Strategy 
• 26 June 2008 - 26 September 2008: Social and environmental guidance to the gas and electricity markets authority

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2007

• 23 May 2007 - 10 October 2007: The future of nuclear power: the role of nuclear power in a low carbon UK economy