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2 July 2025 - Building support for the energy transition - Oral evidence

Committee Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Inquiry Building support for the energy transition

Wednesday 2 July 2025

Start times: 2:30pm (private) 3:00pm (public)


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What do UK households and businesses understand about the costs and benefits of the clean energy transition?

In the second of five oral evidence sessions held in Parliament as part of this inquiry, the Committee will explore how the costs and benefits of the clean energy transition are understood and communicated to households and businesses across the UK.

The session will examine the effectiveness of current government messaging, the accessibility of the various schemes intended to support the transition - and how we can ensure transparency, fairness, and engagement in this complex and contested national effort to decarbonise our energy system.

Meeting details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry Building support for the energy transition
Head of Policy at Fair By Design
Co-Director at The Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
Public Affairs Manager at Citizens Advice
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry Building support for the energy transition
Chief Executive at Confederation of British Metalforming
Deputy Director, Sustainable Future Mission at Nesta
School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford and Fellow at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

In the first panel of the hearing, the Committee will seek a clearer understanding of how households, particularly low-income groups, are affected by the costs and benefits of the energy transition, and how this aligns with their perceptions.

In the second panel, the Committee will examine how the costs of infrastructure investment related to the energy transition are understood and communicated to businesses, and how business and industry are responding to the substantial investment in infrastructure that is required.

Location

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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