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We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation and aim to represent the collective views of IGEM Members and our gas industry stakeholders.

"more attention needs giving to a consumer-centric, collaborative, multi-vector, more secure, whole energy system approach"

IGEM responds to Ofgem’s Draft Determinations for NESO’s third Business Plan.

Developed collaboratively with the UK’s professional engineering institutions, the National Engineering Policy Centre has set out its key priorities for the 2021 Spending Review in its new document Six engineering ambitions for the UK Spending Review. This presents six core policy recommendations to the government across several core policy areas: net zero, infrastructure, education and skills, and innovation.

This IGEM policy brief outlines key policy asks for the new Labour government, urging support for a comprehensive energy system integration, biomethane growth, net zero workforce development and more.

Discover IGEM's Technical insights on how gas can drive the UK’s clean power transformation.

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to Stonehaven’s Powering Homes, Powering Growth report.

Response from the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) to the UK Government Autumn Budget announced 30 October 2024

IGEM welcomes this consultation and the government’s ambition to ensure that every building can transition to low-carbon heat, including hard-to-decarbonise properties. As an organisation representing gas engineering expertise across the UK and the rest of the world, we support a whole-systems approach that uses the strengths of multiple energy vectors and avoids prematurely narrowing the range of viable solutions.

IGEM welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) consultation, Gas system in transition: security of supply, on behalf of our members. We support the Government’s recognition of the continuing importance of gas during the energy transition and its commitment to work with industry to ensure that energy security, resilience and infrastructure capacity is maintained through the 2030s and beyond.

IGEM welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation on the future Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) methodology. We support the aim of creating a more accurate and meaningful metric for consumers and policymakers. However, we are concerned that several elements of the proposed Heating System Metric risk pre-determining outcomes in favour of specific technologies rather than reflecting the real emissions performance of homes. A technology-agnostic, evidence-based framework is essential to ensure consumers are supported to make practical, fair, and cost-effective choices during the transition to net zero.

The Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the DESNZ consultation on hydrogen blending into the GB gas transmission network.

This report sets out a bold and necessary vision for the future of engineering in the UK, recognising the vital role engineers and technicians will play in addressing the challenges of climate change, digital transformation, infrastructure renewal and social equity.