Heating our homes

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, a Commons Select 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.

They recently ran an enquiry looking at the issues surrounding the ability of UK citizens to heat their homes and to take control of their energy bills. 

The inquiry touched on issues of energy efficiency (including insulation), heat pumps and other technologies that might replace gas boiler heated homes, the need to ensure new builds and renovated houses meet decent heat standards, the infrastructure problems surrounding delivering warm homes and the need to ensure that there is a skilled workforce when needed.