The German owned supplier has reached 41 per cent, 66 per cent and 105 per cent of its Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation (CERP), Carbon Saving Community Obligation (CSCO), and Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO) targets respectively by the end of December.
The three Eco targets aim to get solid wall insulation; insulation and district heating measures in low income and rural areas; and measures that reduce the overall cost of heating to low income and vulnerable households installed into UK properties.
Scottish Power has also made steady progress towards its targets, – which must be met by the end of March next year – meeting 26 per cent of its CERO, 35 per cent of its CSCO, and 51 per cent of its HHCRO targets.
First Utility has met its HHCRO target more than three times over, having achieved 305 per cent, but has yet to make any impact on its CERO and CSCO targets, remaining at 0 per cent for both, although a spokesperson told Utility Week “we are well on track” to meeting their obligations.
Of the tradition big six suppliers, British Gas has the most ground to make up, having only met 12 per cent, 14 per cent, and 67 per cent of its CERO, CSCO an HHCRO obligations respectively.
SSE met 26 per cent of its CERO obligation, 35 per cent of CSCO, and 51 per cent of its HHCRO target, while Npower (19 per cent, 23 per cent, and 86 per cent), and EDF Energy (35 per cent, 178 per cent, and 72 per cent) also have work to do.
Utility Warehouse, which bought 770,000 Npower accounts in November, is now eligible for the Eco targets, had not made any progress towards CERO, CSCO or HHCRO.
As part of the terms agreed in the deal, Npower agreed to meet the Eco requirements for Utility Warehouse, alongside its own targets, and a spokesperson said they were confident they could meet both their own Eco obligations and those of Utility Warehouse.