Consultations & Drafts for Public Comments (DPCs)

ECA encourages all Members to get involved in public consultations and drafts for public comments (DPCs).

The comments that Members provide make a huge difference in how legislation and Standards are developed. All comments are considered, and appreciated.

This is an opportunity for Members to be the difference, make an impact and become change makers.

Get your voice heard - view the latest consultations and DPCs you can contribute to below...

Technical Consultations

What is a draft for public comment?

BSI, the UK's National Standards Body (NSB), develops standards with a dedicated panels of experts, within technical committees. As soon as a draft is ready, it is made available for anyone to view and comment and is called a draft for public comment (DPC). Every public comment BSI receives on a draft standard is considered by the relevant panel of experts and BSI staff and the final published standard is updated as appropriate.

BS 7430 Protective earthing of electrical installations − Code of practice

This British Standard provides recommendations for earthing of electrical installations, including:

a) protective earthing of low voltage installations to BS 7671;

b) the interface between LV and HV substations conforming to BS EN IEC 61936-1:2021 within buildings;

c) protective earthing arrangements for generators running in parallel with a distribution network operators (DNO) or a private HV/LV transformer supplying low voltage installations;

d) protective earthing and changeover switch arrangements for UPS and generators supplying low voltage installations; and

e) AC supplies derived from DC supplies, e.g. solar, batteries, wind.

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Status: Public comments open until 10 September 2025

Contact details to comment or for more information:

technical@eca.co.uk

Business Resilience Consultations

Late payments consultation

The Department for Business & Trade has opened a consultation seeking views on a package of proposed legislative measures to address late, long and disputed business to business payments.

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With the launch of this new consultation, ECA has developed a template response to help Members input in it. All you need to do is download ECA's template, copy and adapt to your business and then send. It's that easy!

Download the template here >

Status: Consultation closes on 23 October 2025

You can then either complete the consultation via:

online form
Email your response to: promptpayment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

See how your comments impacted past consultations:

The Future Homes and Buildings Standards: 2023 consultation

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Delivering a smart and secure electricity system: implementation

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Building regulation

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The Electrical Safety Standards for Private Tenancies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

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NI Call for Evidence on Renewable Energy

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