The much-anticipated Energy White Paper was published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ("
BEIS") on 14 December 2020, setting out its strategy for the UK's energy transition over the next decade. The Energy White Paper focuses on strategy in six key areas: consumers, power, the energy system, buildings, industrial energy and oil & gas.
Much of what has been set out in the Energy White Paper is not new. For one, the Energy White Paper builds on the UK government's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution (the "
Ten Point Plan"). However, committing this strategy to a White Paper brings the proposals set out by BEIS one step closer to future legislation.