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ARTICLE · 21 JULY 2011

Energy National Policy Statements Published By DECC

On 23 June 2011 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the finalised Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). This follows an initial consultation on the first draft of the Energy NPSs between November 2009 and February 2010 launched by the previous Government and a second consultation on the revised draft Energy NPSs between 18 October 2010 and 24 January 2011.

United KingdomEnergy and Natural Resources
Humphrey Douglas
Humphrey Douglas
Wei Wu
Wei Wu

On 23 June 2011 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the finalised Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). This follows an initial consultation on the first draft of the Energy NPSs between November 2009 and February 2010 launched by the previous Government and a second consultation on the revised draft Energy NPSs between 18 October 2010 and 24 January 2011.

The Energy NPSs set out national policy on a number of key energy policy areas. Five of these cover specific technologies: fossil fuels; renewable energy; gas supply and gas and oil pipelines; electricity networks; and nuclear. These five sit below an overarching Energy NPS framework, and play an important role in the new planning system for major energy infrastructure.

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