Functions
In April 2025, ADE split into two functions, ADE: Demand and ADE: Heat Networks. ADE: Demand Among ADE: Demand's membership are flexibility aggregators, rural commercial and industrial sites, as well as thermal storage companies. ADE: Demand was set up with the vision that: • Energy demand is given equal consideration to generation • That every household, commercial business and industrial site has a commercially viable path to decarbonisation • Energy consumers shouldn’t have to work around the energy system, the energy system should work around them ADE: Demand's work, includes a 2025 report entitled "Consumer-Led Clean Power" which calls for changes that would allow anyone with solar panels, heat pumps, factory machinery or data centres to earn money for using energy when capacity is high and to defer use when renewables output is low. It recommends paying suppliers of stored power (that they generate) a fair price and encourages the government to incentivise businesses to engage in grid-balancing schemes, by reducing bureaucracy. ADE: Heat Networks ADE: Heat Networks represents city-wide district heating, as well as smaller scale heat networks using ground source heat pumps and shared ground loops. The function's vision is to highlight the role these technologies can play in decarbonising heat in the UK whether that's at scale across the UK's densely populated cities or in more localised areas. == ADE Vice President Network ==
ADE Vice President Network
ADE has a Vice President network comprising more than 30 individuals. The majority are MPs from across the political spectrum, including the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties. The network also includes Members of the House of Lords and leading experts from the energy sector. ==See also==