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The Energy policy of the United Kingdom is a set of official publications and activities directed at the present and future production, transmission and use of various power technologies within the UK. Historically a country emphasizing its coal, nuclear and off-shore natural gas production, the United Kingdom is in transition to become a net energy importer. Its national policies are articulated in a series of recent documents centering on the 2003 Energy White Paper ; moreover, these policies contain statistics on primary energy sources, end uses and plans for future guidance. At the core of the UK policy is adherence to the Kyoto Protocol, including specific goals for timed phase down of carbon dioxide emissions.
Though energy policy is an area reserved to the UK government under the Scotland Act 1998 that established devolved government for Scotland, the Scottish Government has an energy policy for Scotland at variance with UK policy, and has planning powers to enable it to put its policy priorities into effect.

