Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Short name: DESNZ
UK ETS, net-zero strategy, hydrogen and CCUS frameworks.
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Open in Browser →Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014: registered heat networks
A list of registered heat networks based on notifications under the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations from January 2014 to January 2026.
UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS): policy overview
The role of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in UK decarbonisation and how the UK ETS Authority is developing the scheme.
Taking part in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme markets
This guidance explains the operation of the UK ETS markets and how to take part in auctions and in trading on the secondary market.
Nuclear collaboration completes its mission
Cross-industry programme set up to safeguard skills has concluded its work
World-first taskforce to protect communities from climate change
Communities across the UK will be better protected against the growing threats of climate change and nature loss.
Public sector emissions measurement and reporting guidance
Guidance for the public sector in England to help them to reduce their energy use and emissions.
Jackdaw Field Development
Project Summary
Jackdaw gas field gets green light
Energy Secretary green lights Jackdaw gas field, as Chancellor announces new Energy Wealth Fund.
EIA Submissions and Decisions - 2021
2021 Submissions and Decisions
Pathways to SF6 free distribution networks
Report examining the potential impacts of phasing out sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) from the distribution network in Great Britain.
Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations: approved standards, grant categories and grant levels
Lists of standards, grant categories and grant levels that have been approved for the scheme.
Weekly road fuel prices
Road fuel price statistics providing average UK retail 'pump' prices on a weekly basis.
Road fuel prices: 19 October 2026
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Oil and gas: offshore environmental legislation
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
DESNZ: workforce management information
Documents relating to workforce management information summary data for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
DESNZ workforce management information, September 2026
Report on departmental staff numbers and costs.
Retrofit System Reform Advisory Panel: terms of reference
An expert panel on consumer protection reform for home upgrade schemes.
Young Voices for Climate and Nature
We're asking young people from across the UK to share their ideas about climate and nature action.
Warm Homes: Local Grant: privacy notice for end-users (householders, landlords and installers)
How we will use your personal data provided to us by local authorities and delivery partners under the Warm Homes: Local Grant, and what your rights are.
Clean Heat Market Mechanism: revisions ahead of the 2027/28 scheme year
We're seeking views on the targets for years 3 to 6 of the scheme and other proposals, including support for investment in resilient and sustainable supply chains.
Updating standards for standby, networked standby and off mode power consumption
We're seeking views on proposals to improve ecodesign standards for standby mode.
Improving standards for industrial fans
We're seeking views on proposals to improve ecodesign standards for industrial fans.
Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS): open to applications
This scheme provides tariff support for biomethane produced via anaerobic digestion which is injected into the gas grid.
Green Gas Support Scheme: budget management
Details of the budget management mechanisms of the Green Gas Support Scheme.
Contracts for Difference, renewables obligation and small scale feed-in tariffs: companies awarded exemption or compensation
Companies awarded relief for the indirect cost of Contracts for Difference (CfD), renewables obligation (RO) and small scale feed-in tariffs (FIT).
Building an energy system that delivers for all
Speech by Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, on the future of our energy system at Energy UK's annual conference.
Carbon capture and the renewal of British industry
Speech by Minister for Local Energy and Jobs, Martin McCluskey, at the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) 2026 annual conference.
Energy smart data legislative framework
We are consulting on the design and implementation of an energy smart data legislative framework.
Stronger protections for heating oil customers
Reforms to the heating oil sector are being planned to ensure stronger regulation and protections for consumers
Heating oil: government response to CMA market study
Response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) market study into the retail supply of heating oil for domestic use in the UK.
Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS): business models
Updates on the proposed commercial frameworks for transport and storage, power, and industrial carbon capture business models.
Road fuel prices: 12 October 2026
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Oil and gas: OPRED communications, 2026
OPRED communications issued to stakeholders in 2026.
Decommissioning offshore installations: guidance and associated policy proposals
We're seeking views on decommissioning offshore installations: the methodology for considering derogations under OSPAR Decision 98/3, and associated policy changes.
Decommissioning offshore installations: revised derogation guidance
We're inviting views on draft supplementary guidance for the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations.
Apply for the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme supports performance improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects.
Energy infrastructure development applications: decisions
Decisions by the Secretary of State on energy infrastructure applications.
Steeple Renewables Project: development consent order, Planning Act 2008
Decision on an application for a solar farm in Nottinghamshire under the Planning Act 2008.
DESNZ senior civil servant secondary paid employment, 2025 to 2026
Transparency information about senior civil servants in DESNZ regarding their secondary paid employment for April 2025 to March 2026.
Energy Related Products Policy and Energy Technology List (ETL): privacy notice
Find details here about the Energy Related Products Policy and Energy Technology List privacy policy and how we collect and process your data.
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund statistics: November 2026
Data to monitor the installation of energy efficiency measures in domestic properties via the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) scheme in England.
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund statistics: October 2026
Data to monitor the installation of energy efficiency measures in domestic properties via the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) scheme in England.
Green Hill Solar Farm: development consent order, Planning Act 2008
Decision on an application for a solar farm on land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton, under the Planning Act 2008.
Average road fuel sales, deliveries and stock levels
Official statistics in development on average road fuel sales, deliveries and stock levels
Energy Trends: UK renewables
Data on the UK’s renewables sector, including capacity, electricity generation and liquid biofuels consumption.
Drivers set to save as petrol prices launch on Google Maps
Drivers to save at the pump as near real-time petrol and diesel prices are included on Google Maps for the first time.
LionLink multi-purpose interconnector, Section 35 Direction Variation, Planning Act 2008
Decision by the Secretary of State for a proposed variation to the Section 35 direction for the LionLink (formerly Eurolink) multi-purpose interconnector.
Road fuel sales, deliveries and stock levels: 27 September 2026
Official statistics in development on average road fuel sales, deliveries and stock levels at sampled filling stations in the United Kingdom from 27 January 2020 to 27 September 2026.
Renewables obligation: certificates and generation - June 2026
Monthly data on the number of certificates issued for generation under the Renewables Obligation.
Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm: Correction of errors, Planning Act 2008
Decision by the Secretary of State to make corrections to the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Development Consent Order.
Road fuel prices: 5 October 2026
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Electricity transmission licence exemption: Dogger Bank A wind farm, 2026
A proposal to provide an exemption from the requirement to hold a transmission licence.
Electricity licence exemptions
This series brings together all documents relating to Electricity licence exemptions.
UK’s decommissioning mission continues to expand
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset transferred from EDF to the NDA for decommissioning.
Applications Open for Scheme to Slash Electricity Bills for Over 10,000 Manufacturers
More than 10,000 businesses across Great Britain are a step closer to vital government support to slash their electricity bills, as applications open today for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS).
Energy trends: April to June 2027
Energy production, consumption and trade of total energy, coal, oil, gas, electricity and renewables during the second calendar quarter of 2027.
Energy prices: April to June 2027
Energy prices to domestic and industrial consumers for all the major fuels, with international comparisons, for the second calendar quarter of 2027.
Energy trends and prices: July - September 2027
Monthly production, trade, electricity generation and consumption of coal, electricity, gas, oil and total energy; solar PV deployment; retail price and EU comparative price data, and petrol & diesel price data.
Energy trends and prices: June - August 2027
Monthly production, trade, electricity generation and consumption of coal, electricity, gas, oil and total energy; solar PV deployment; retail price and EU comparative price data, and petrol & diesel price data.
Road fuel prices: 27 September 2027
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Road fuel prices: 20 September 2027
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Road fuel prices: 13 September 2027
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Road fuel prices: 6 September 2027
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Road fuel prices: 30 August 2027
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel.
Oil and gas: environmental alerts and incident reporting including anonymous reporting
How to report incidents, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2 and guidance on completion; listing of environmental alerts for operators in the North Sea.
Submit your energy infrastructure application
Apply for consents for certain electric-line-related projects.
Non-domestic National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (ND-NEED)
This page pulls together documents relating to the non-domestic National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework.
Non-domestic National Energy Efficiency Data Framework (ND-NEED), 2026
Statistics on the metered energy consumption of non-domestic buildings in England and Wales, for the years 2012 to 2024.
Great British Grid to speed up connections and cut bills
Families and businesses across the country will benefit from faster grid connections.
Domestic and Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Regulations: approved standards
List of standards approved for the scheme.
Solar radiation modification approaches - the government's view
The UK Government does not support the deployment of solar radiation modification and does not plan to do so.
Industrial energy price statistics
This series brings together all documents relating to Industrial energy price statistics.
Quarterly Energy Prices: September 2026
Quarterly statistical publication on energy prices.
Domestic energy price statistics
Data on average prices paid by United Kingdom households for their energy, and the methods used to pay for it.
Road fuel and other petroleum product price statistics
This series brings together all documents relating to road fuel and other petroleum product price statistics.
Industrial energy price indices
Quarterly and annual price indices for industrial fuels, in real and current terms, including and excluding the Climate Change Levy (CCL).
Quarterly Energy Prices
This series brings together all documents relating to Quarterly Energy Prices statistical publication.
Gas and electricity prices in the non-domestic sector
Quarterly and annual gas and electricity prices for the non-domestic sector, including and excluding the Climate Change Levy (CCL), split into consumption size bands.
Prices of fuels purchased by manufacturing industry
Quarterly and annual prices of fuels purchased by manufacturing industry, in original units and p/kWh, split into consumption sizebands.
Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2026
Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2026: chapters 1-7, annexes A-J and commodity balances in flat file format.
Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES): natural gas
DUKES chapter 4: statistics on supply and demand for natural gas.
Quarterly domestic energy switching statistics
Quarterly and annual estimates of the total number of switches by electricity and gas customers.
International energy price comparison statistics
This series brings together all documents relating to international energy price comparison statistics.
Monthly and annual prices of road fuels and petroleum products
Monthly and annual prices of road fuels and fuels used for home heating, plus an index of crude oil prices.
Prices of fuels purchased by major power producers
Quarterly and annual prices of fuels purchased by power generators.
Comparisons of international road fuel prices
Comparisons of road fuel prices against other EU countries, using data from the European Commission Oil Bulletin.
Gas statistics
Data on UK production, trade and demand of gas by sector, including natural gas and liquefied natural gas.
Quarterly domestic energy customer numbers
Quarterly estimates of the variation in gas and electricity customer numbers by payment type.
Energy Trends: UK gas
Data on the UK's gas sector, including production, trade and demand.
Energy Trends: UK electricity
Data on electricity generation, supply, consumption and fuel use for generation.
Quarterly total energy data revisions
A zip file containing revisions to the quarterly total energy statistical data (excel format).
Electricity statistics
Data on the UK’s electricity sector covering generation, fuel use, supply, consumption and power station capacity.
Energy Trends: September 2026, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2021 to 2025
Special feature article from the September 2026 edition of Energy Trends statistical publication.
Energy Trends: September 2026, special feature article - Competition in UK electricity markets, 2025
Special feature article from the September 2026 edition of Energy trends statistical publication.
Domestic energy price indices
Quarterly and monthly consumer price indices of fuel components in current and real terms.
Energy Trends: UK weather
Quarterly and monthly data on weather patterns, including temperature, heating degree days, wind speeds, sun hours and rainfall.
Regional Renewable Statistics
The following tables show a variety of renewable electricity data for the devolved administrations and the regions of England.
Energy Trends and Prices statistical release: 29 September 2026
The latest provisional monthly energy production, trade, electricity generation, consumption and prices statistics produced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
List of special feature articles by subject published in Energy Trends
List of special feature articles by subject published in Energy Trends since 2017.
Energy Trends: September 2026
‘Energy Trends’ is a quarterly bulletin containing statistics on all major aspects of energy in the UK.