Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Securing our long-term energy supply, bringing down bills and halving inflation. DESNZ is a ministerial department, supported by 14 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
  Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
• Andrew Bowie MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Nuclear and Networks)
• Amanda Solloway MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability)
• Lord Callanan
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Introduce new restrictions on solar facilities to protect land and food security
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  17,343 signatures

• Stop all new oil and gas developments
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  15,945 signatures

• Repeal the Climate Change Act 2008 and Net Zero targets
  Opened on Monday 26th February 2024
  13,499 signatures so far

• Pause the Energy Bill and hold a public referendum before proceeding
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  13,455 signatures

• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal
  Opened on Tuesday 30th April 2024
  11,897 signatures so far

• Reintroduce the Energy Bills Support Scheme for winter 2023/24
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  11,726 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the 2050 Net Zero target
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  8,369 signatures

• Permanently scrap green levies on energy bills
  Open from Thursday 29th June 2023 to Friday 29th December 2023
  3,277 signatures

• Implement a social energy tariff for disabled and financially vulnerable people
  Opened on Monday 19th February 2024
  2,787 signatures so far

• Remove statutory defence for not meeting pipeline safety requirements
  Opened on Thursday 21st March 2024
  2,078 signatures so far

• Give the UK people a Referendum on Net Zero
  Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
  1,321 signatures so far

• Energy payments for people living on a boat with a continuous cruising licence
  Open from Friday 3rd March 2023 to Sunday 3rd September 2023
  363 signatures

• Extend additional energy cost support to animal businesses from 1 April 2023
  Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
  286 signatures

• Make people on PIP eligible for support through the Energy Company Obligation
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  152 signatures

• Cap EV charging rates and increase support for new charging stations
  Open from Tuesday 6th June 2023 to Wednesday 6th December 2023
  113 signatures

• Provide compensation to energy customers who have had prepayment meters
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  94 signatures

• Nationalise the energy sector
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd April 2024
  70 signatures so far

• Stop any new oil and gas exploration licences being issued
  Opened on Monday 26th February 2024
  65 signatures so far

• Fund insulation of all social housing
  Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
  59 signatures

• Remove the link between electricity wholesale and gas wholesale prices
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  59 signatures

• Increase funding to help tackle climate change
  Opened on Friday 19th January 2024
  55 signatures so far

• Reintroduce Energy Bills Support for vulnerable and low-income households
  Opened on Friday 15th December 2023
  55 signatures so far

• Pause Smart Meter roll out and hold a Public Inquiry into the issues and costs
  Opened on Monday 8th April 2024
  49 signatures so far

• Review consumer prices and profit making in the energy sector
  Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
  42 signatures so far

• Increase Feed-in Tariff rates for solar installations
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  41 signatures

• Extend and increase financial help given by the Energy Relief Scheme
  Open from Thursday 16th February 2023 to Wednesday 16th August 2023
  40 signatures

• Require all electric heating to carry an energy label
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  29 signatures

• Make energy companies pay a standing charge to green generators tied to the grid
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  28 signatures

• Extend the Warm House Discount criteria to cover all receiving benefits
  Opened on Tuesday 20th February 2024
  24 signatures so far

• Remove provisions for a Hydrogen Production Levy from the Energy Security Bill
  Open from Tuesday 4th July 2023 to Thursday 4th January 2024
  23 signatures

• Don't charge companies that fail to meet the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM)
  Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
  21 signatures so far

• Ban garden smoke houses
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  21 signatures

• Make direct payments to energy customers eligible for Warm Home Discount Scheme
  Opened on Tuesday 6th February 2024
  19 signatures so far

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