Committees

Decarbonisation of the power sector

Inquiry

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has launched an inquiry into the Government’s plans to decarbonise the UK’s power supply sector. 

The inquiry will scrutinise proposals unveiled in the Government’s Energy Security Strategy earlier this year, and the heavy emphasis it placed on scaling up the supply of electrical energy from nuclear power and forthcoming hydrogen technology. 

The Committee will examine how the Government arrived at these proposals, and whether it has struck the right balance between investing in these new technologies and existing forms of renewable energy supply, such as solar, wind, tidal and biomass. It will also examine the relationship between these proposals and other policy objectives laid out by the Government in its 2020 Energy White Paper and the Net Zero Strategy. 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Thursday 30 June 2022.

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Past events

Tuesday 21 March 2023
9:45am Private
10:15am Public
Decarbonisation of the power sector - Oral evidence 21 March 2023
10:15am
  • Adam Bell (Head of Policy at Stonehaven)
  • Adam Berman (Deputy Director of Policy at Energy UK)
  • Rachel Fletcher (Director of Regulation and Economics at Octopus Energy)
  • Laura Sandys CBE (Chair at Energy Digitalisation Taskforce)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 7 March 2023
9:45am Private
10:15am Public
Decarbonisation of the power sector - Oral evidence 7 March 2023
10:15am
  • Chris Burchell (Managing Director at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution)
  • Alice Delahunty (President at National Grid Electricity Transmission)
  • Basil Scarsella (Chief Executive at UK Power Networks (UKPN))
  • Lawrence Slade (Chief Executive at Energy Networks Association (ENA))
11:15am
  • Kayte O’Neill (Director of Transformation at National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO))
  • Claire Dykta (Head of Markets at National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO))
  • Akshay Kaul (Director of Infrastructure and Security of Supply at Ofgem)
  • Rebecca Barnett (Interim Director of Networks at Ofgem)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 24 January 2023
9:45am Private
10:15am Public
Decarbonisation of the power sector - Oral evidence 24 January 2023
10:15am
  • Sarah Honan (Policy Manager at The Association for Decentralised Energy)
  • Merlin Hyman (Chief Executive at Regen (Electricity Storage Network))
  • Will Mezzullo (Head of Hydrogen at Centrica)
  • Dr Jonathan Radcliffe (Reader in Energy Systems and Policy at University of Birmingham)
11:00am
  • Dr Paul Dorfman (Chair at Nuclear Consulting Group (NCG) and Associate Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex)
  • Nick Lawson (Chief Executive at Ocean Wall)
  • Dame Sue Ion
  • Lincoln Hill (Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Nuclear Industry Association)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 22 November 2022
9:45am Private
10:30am Public
Decarbonisation of the power sector - Oral evidence 22 November 2022
10:30am
  • Matthew Williamson (UK Head of Hydrogen at British Petroleum (bp))
  • Catherine Raw (Managing Director at SSE Thermal)
  • Olivia Powis (Head of UK Office at The Carbon Capture and Storage Association)
  • Phil MacDonald (Chief Operating Officer at Ember)
11:30am
  • Will Gardiner (Group Chief Executive Officer at Drax)
  • Dr Daniel Quiggin (Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House)
  • Dr Nina Skorupska CBE (Chief Executive at REA)
  • Sandy Hore-Ruthven (Chief Executive Officer at Severn Wye Energy Agency)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

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  • Address: Business and Trade Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA