Energy Bill: call for written evidence

Aims of the Bill

The Bill aims to make provision about energy production and security and the regulation of the energy market, including:

• provision about the licensing of carbon dioxide transport and storage;
• about commercial arrangements for industrial carbon capture and storage and for hydrogen production;
• about new technology, including low-carbon heat schemes and hydrogen grid trials;
• about the Independent System Operator and Planner;
• about gas and electricity industry codes;
• about heat networks;
• about energy smart appliances and load control;
• about the energy performance of premises;
• about the resilience of the core fuel sector;
• about offshore energy production, including environmental protection, licensing and decommissioning; and
• about the civil nuclear sector, including the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

Follow the progress of the Energy Bill [HL]

The  Energy Bill 2022-23 was introduced in the House of Lords on 6 July 2022. The Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 25 April 2023. Second reading in the Commons was held on 9 May 2023.

• Bills before Parliament: Energy Bill [HL]
• Read Explanatory Notes: Energy Bill [HL]

Six Library briefings have been published covering the provisions of the Bill:

• Overview
• Energy Bill [HL] 2022-23, parts 1, 2 & 3: carbon storage, hydrogen, and new technologies covers parts 1 to 3 of the Energy Bill, including carbon dioxide usage, transport and storage, hydrogen production, the hydrogen village trial and new technologies.
• Energy Bill [HL] 2022-23, parts 4-6: Electricity and gas markets covers parts 4-6 of the Bill, including the Independent System Operator and Planner, governance of gas and electricity industry governance codes, multi-purpose interconnectors, electricity storage and smart meters.
• Energy Bill [HL] 2022-23, parts 7-10: heat networks, smart appliances, load control and energy performance of buildings covers parts 7-10 of the Bill, including heat networks, energy smart appliances and load control, energy performance of buildings and Energy Savings Opportunity Schemes.
• Energy Bill [HL] 2022-23: Parts 11 and 12 – Offshore wind, oil and gas covers parts 11-12 of the Bill, including core fuel sector resilience, offshore wind electricity generation and oil and gas.
• Energy Bill [HL] 2022-23, part 13: Provisions on civil nuclear regulation covers part 13 and sections of part 3 that relate to nuclear regulation, including geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste, nuclear sites where the risk of radiation is low and allowing the UK to join a UN convention on providing compensation to victims of nuclear incidents.

There will be no oral evidence sessions for this Bill.

Guidance on submitting written evidence

Deadline for written evidence submissions

The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration and possibly reflect it in an amendment. The order in which amendments are taken in Committee will be available in due course under Selection of Amendments on the Bill documents pages. Once the Committee has dealt with an amendment it will not revisit it.

The first sitting of the Public Bill Committee is expected to be on Tuesday 23 May and the Committee is scheduled to report by Thursday 29 June. However, please note that when the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Thursday 29 June. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible.

Your submission should be emailed to scrutiny@parliament.uk

Further guidance on submitting written evidence can be found here.

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