Fuel poverty

ECO scheme to increase by 56%

The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme is to swell from £640 million a year to £1 billion from 2022, the government’s latest fuel poverty strategy for England has revealed. The strategy, which also includes updated metrics for measuring fuel poverty, has been described as “overdue” but still “very welcome”.

11/02/2021

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Fuel poverty target ‘will be missed without further investment’

National Energy Action has urged the Treasury to commit £2.8 billion to tackling fuel poverty, if it is to have any chance of hitting its targets to 2025

19/09/2019

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Energy efficiency: policy missing to meet climate change targets

nsulating buildings is essential if the UK is to meet its emission targets, but there is a lack of political will to drive it up the agenda.

02/08/2019

Analysis

New fuel poverty metric suggested

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has proposed to change the metric measuring fuel poverty to include "all low-income households living in inefficient homes" to reduce the “apparent churn in and out of fuel poverty”.

23/07/2019

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Interview: Marek Majewicz, interim managing director, Bristol Energy

20/05/2019

Interviews

Labour makes solar pledge for 1.75m homes

Labour has pledged to install solar panels on nearly two million social homes.

16/05/2019

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Official report reveals discrepancies in energy usage data

A government report has revealed large discrepancies between theoretical levels of energy being used in British households and actual consumption rates.

17/04/2019

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Electricity North West awards £71,000 to community projects

Electricity North West (ENW) has awarded £71,000 in grant funds to six community energy projects across its region as part of its community energy strategy.

07/03/2019

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Winter deaths related to cold housing doubled last year

Over 17,000 people died last year as a result of cold housing conditions, figures from the charity National Energy Action (NEA) and climate change think-tank E3G reveal.

18/02/2019

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Switching figures show ‘disparity’ in areas of Scotland

Figures released by Citizens Advice Scotland show a disparity in the number of customers switching in different areas of the country.

01/02/2019

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Scottish government not deterred by collapse of Our Power

The Scottish government has confirmed its commitment to setting up a public-owned energy company despite last week’s collapse of Our Power.

31/01/2019

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Barking and Dagenham Council launches Beam Energy

Barking and Dagenham Council has created its own white label energy supplier in a bid to take on the big six. Beam Energy is Robin Hood's tenth white label agreement.

30/01/2019

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