Commons Select Committee

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Chair: Bill Esterson

Scrutinises: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and its public bodies, including Ofgem and the Committee on Climate change. 

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (12)

Energy resilience

ActiveOpened 17 Mar 2026

Warm Homes Plan

ActiveOpened 23 Feb 2026

Reviewing the electricity market

ActiveOpened 6 Feb 2026

International climate policy

ActiveOpened 5 Nov 2025

Managing the future of UK oil and gas

ActiveOpened 30 Oct 2025

Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Climate Change Committee

ActiveOpened 1 Jul 2025

Revisiting the nuclear roadmap

ActiveOpened 20 Feb 2025

Building support for the energy transition

ActiveOpened 19 Feb 2025

The cost of energy

ActiveOpened 18 Feb 2025

Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

ActiveOpened 11 Nov 2024

Unlocking community energy at scale

ActiveOpened 11 Nov 2024

Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

ActiveOpened 11 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Correspondence from UKIFDA relating to heating oil, dated 23 March 2026

Correspondence

25 Mar 2026

6th Special Report - Tackling the energy cost crisis: Ofgem Response

Special ReportThe cost of energy

19 Mar 2026

HC 1789

Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to the Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero oral evidence session on 11 February 2026, dated 27 February 2026

CorrespondenceWork of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

11 Mar 2026

Correspondence from Kulraj Roewal relating to the one-off Warm Homes Plan oral evidence session on 11 March 2026, dated 28 February 2026

CorrespondenceWarm Homes Plan

11 Mar 2026

5th Special Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy: Government Response

Special ReportWorkforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

27 Feb 2026

HC 1704

Ofgem Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 Table

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

UKAEA Pension Schemes Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-6

Estimate memoranda

11 Feb 2026

Formal Minutes 2024-26

Formal Minutes

4 Feb 2026

Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to follow-up evidence in response to a question raised during the oral evidence session on 21 July 2025, dated 20 January 2026

CorrespondenceWork of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

28 Jan 2026

4th Special Report – Tackling the energy cost crisis: Government Response

Special ReportThe cost of energy

21 Jan 2026

HC 1624

Correspondence from the Minister for Energy relating to the sale of the Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery site and its assets, dated 5 January 2026

Correspondence

14 Jan 2026

Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to new nuclear in Torness, dated 28 November 2025

Correspondence

10 Dec 2025

6th Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

ReportWorkforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

5 Dec 2025

HC 393

Correspondence from the Minister for Industry relating to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), dated 26 November 2025

Correspondence

3 Dec 2025

Correspondence from the Minister for Energy Consumers relating to the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2025, dated 25 November 2025

Correspondence

3 Dec 2025

Correspondence from Ofgem relating debt relief, dated 18 November 2025

Correspondence

3 Dec 2025

Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to Sizewell C Revenue Commencement, dated 11 November 2005

Correspondence

3 Dec 2025

2nd Special Report - Gridlock or Growth? Avoiding energy planning chaos: Government Response

Special ReportNational planning for energy infrastructure

19 Nov 2025

HC 1507

Completed Inquiries (8)

Planning for nuclear energy generation

Closed17 Jul 202531 Dec 2025

UK refineries and the role of oil and gas

Closed7 Jul 202531 Dec 2025

Tidal power and the Severn

Closed29 Apr 202531 Dec 2025

National planning for energy infrastructure

Closed25 Apr 202531 Dec 2025

Back-billing by energy companies

Closed11 Mar 202531 Dec 2025

Smart meters

Closed24 Feb 202531 Dec 2025

Industrial strategy for clean power

Closed5 Feb 202531 Dec 2025

Retrofitting homes for net zero

Closed19 Nov 202431 Dec 2025

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