Government welcomes publication of NESC Report: Connecting People to the Energy Transition

The Government welcomes the publication of NESC’s report Connecting People to the Energy Transition. This new report from the National Economic and Social Council is the third in a series on the topic of energy policy to be published in 2025.

This new report from the National Economic and Social Council examines how people can be better connected to the energy transition. It examines how to ensure households share in the economic, environmental and wellbeing benefits of the energy transition while protecting the most vulnerable from negative impacts, leaving no-one behind.

NESC's enquiry included an extensive literature review, policy analysis, household research and consultations with over 40 stakeholders. Taking a broad, strategic view of the energy system in relation to households and energy communities, this report draws on lived- experience and social and behavioural insights.

The report outlines five areas of action across energy affordability, energy poverty, energy efficiency, clean heat and new opportunities for households, place-based energy resilience and local production, and overarching approaches to strengthening the connections to the energy transition.

The Council concludes that households and communities can potentially play a very significant and immediate role in making energy savings and generating renewable energy and building energy resilience if enabled to do so.

Overall, in this report, the Council brings fresh understanding to some of the societal considerations of a longer-term energy transition and identifies actions that can help address current policy challenges in supporting households and energy communities to act.

The report and further details can be found on the NESC website.

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