The Department for Business and Regulatory Reform have a number of active consultation on energy related topics:

• Statutory Consultation on the Renewables Obligation Order 2009

Starting Date: 26-06-08

Closing Date: 30-09-08

• Social and environmental guidance to the gas and electricity markets authority

Starting Date: 26-06-08

Closing Date: 26-09-08

• UK Renewable Energy Strategy Consultation

Starting Date: 26-06-08

Closing Date: 26-09-08

• Towards Carbon Capture and Storage

Starting Date: 30-06-08

Closing Date: 22-09-08

• Towards a Nuclear National Policy Statement: Consultation on the Strategic Siting Assessment Process and Siting Criteria for New Nuclear Power Stations in the UK

Starting Date: 22-07-08

Closing Date: 11-11-08

• A consultation on a draft licence modification for provision of advanced metering for larger business sites

Starting Date: 28-07-08

Closing Date: 05-09-08

• A consultation on smart and advanced metering for small and medium sized businesses and sites, and other non-domestic customers,

Starting Date: 28-07-08

Closing Date: 17-10-08

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have the following energy related consultations:

• Consultation on the draft UK strategy for radioactive discharges 2006-2030

Starting date 18-06-08

Closing date 30-09-08

• Consultation on draft Statutory Guidance to the Environment Agency on the regulation of radioactive discharges into the environment

Starting date 18-06-08

Closing date 30-09-08

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

The Committee has  decided to examine the UK Energy Efficiency Action Plan, with particular reference to Defra's efforts to improve households' energy efficiency and its statutory duty under the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 to ensure that, as far as reasonably practicable, people in England do not live in fuel poverty, The Committee invites all interested parties to address these matters in writing., with a deadline for submissions of Thursday 2 October 2008.

Follow this link to detauils on the inquiry into energy efficiency and fuel poverty.