Written questions

Electricity: Heat Networks

Commons · Question 119843 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential for former coal mining communities to benefit from the estimated £86.5 billion in electricity system savings from heat networks as identified in

Answer

Answered by Martin McCluskey, 16 Mar 2026

We welcome the research by ADE: Heat Networks, and agree that appropriate deployment of heat networks has the potential to reduce future electricity system costs by billions as we accelerate to net zero. We set out our long-term strategy for heat networks...