Inputs to Policy
UKERC responds to a select number of consultations and inquiries every year. Our responses are evidence based and unbiased. If you have any questions relating to these responses, please contact the UKERC communications team or call +44 (0)20 7594 1573.
Consultations 2013
Written evidence to Energy and Climate Change Committee's inquiry into local energy
UKERC response to the DECC consultation ‘Electricity Demand Reduction’
Consultations 2012
UKERC response to the DECC consultation ‘Renewable Heat Incentive: proposals for a domestic scheme’.
UKERC response to the Energy and Climate Change committee’s inquiry into "The Impact of Shale Gas on Energy Markets", October 2012: Part 1 Part 2
UKERC response to Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation Consultation, January 2012
Consultations 2011
Electricity Market Reform Workshop III: Institutional Arrangements, November 2011
UKERC Meeting Report - Future Research Requirements for Smart Metering Workshop
Statement submitted by Nick Pidgeon of Cardiff University to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Inquiry on ‘Nuclear R&D Capabilities’. Memorandum on Public Attitudes and Nuclear Power
UKERC response to DECC Electricity Market Reform consultation, March 2011- Additional documents - Electricity Market Reform: Independent Experts Workshop, January 2011 and Electricity Market Reform: Stakeholders Workshop, February 2011.
UKERC response to HMT Carbon Floor Price consultation, February 2011
Consultations 2010
UKERC response to "DECC 2050 Pathways Analysis: call for evidence", October 2010
UKCCSC and UKERC response to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee inquiry on "emissions performance standards" (EPS), September 2010
Response to the DECC consultation on the "proposed RHI financial support scheme", April 2010
Response to OFGEM consultation "Project Discovery, options for secure and sustainable energy supplies", April 2010
Response to the PRASEG Inquiry "Renewables and the Grid: Access and Management", January 2010
Consultations 2009
Response to the OFGEM "Project Discovery", November 2009
Response to the DECC "A framework for the development of clean coal", September 2009
Response to the DECC "Heat and Energy Saving Strategy", May 2009
Consultations 2008
Response to the BERR Consultation "UK Renewable Energy Strategy", September 2008
Response to the BERR Consultation "Towards Carbon Capture and Storage", September 2008
Response to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Carbon Capture and Storage, June 2008
Response to the consultation on proposals for a Scottish Climate Change Bill, April 2008
Consultations 2007, 2006 and 2005
Response to DEFRA Consultation on the draft Climate Change Bill, June 2007
Nuclear New Build: Issues to be addressed. Additional notes on:
carbon profile of nuclear energy,
footnote on uranium reserves,
note of Energy Research Partnership's work on skills capacity submitted to the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee to supplement oral evidence given by Jim Skea and Robin Grimes, May 2006
Response to the Treasury Consultation on Carbon Capture and Storage, May 2006
Response to the Government Energy Review Consultation, April 2006
Evidence to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, Dec 2005