Department of Energy and Climate Change

Agency overview
Headquarters	3 Whitehall Place
Minister responsible	Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change
Website	gov.uk/decc

TheDepartment of Energy & Climate Change(DECC) was a British government department. It was created to make sure theUKhas secure, clean, affordableenergysupplies and promote international action to mitigateclimate change.

Ministers

Minister	Portfolio
Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change	Overall responsibility for the business and policies of the Department of Energy & Climate Change
Minister for Climate Change	Green Deal Energy efficiency and energy demand reduction Promoting the interests of energy consumers Managing fuel poverty National and international climate change Carbon budgets Renewable Heat Incentive Feed-in tariffs Planning reform and consents Green Investment Bank Green jobs and skills Climate science
Minister for Energy	Energy Bill Supports the SoS on EMR Security of supply International energy CCS, gas and coal policy Nuclear policy Renewable energy deployment Grid policy including smart grids and network of recharging points Oil and gas exploration, licensing and revenues Offshore environment and decommissioning Regulation and competition in the energy sector (including nuclear) Waste and decommissioning policy for new nuclear Resilience and emergency preparedness Energy Council Coal Authority