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Policy Pillars (Efficiency, Renewable, Governance)
Three core pillars: operational efficiency, renewable energy, governance/targets.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
A well-structured energy policy rests on a few core pillars - the fundamental commitments around which everything else is organised. Understanding these pillars helps build a policy that is comprehensive without being bloated.
In this lesson
- 01The three core pillars
- 02Efficiency first
- 03Clean energy
- 04Governance and improvement
- 05Tailoring the pillars
- 06From pillars to commitments
- 07Sources and further reading