energy company obligation

Efficiency

Energy efficiency scheme delays: Thousands of fuel poor homes to miss out on £600 bill savings

New analysis suggests ongoing ECO4 insulation scheme delay is costing households hundreds of pounds, as government declines opportunity to boost low cost clean energy development

25 May 2022 • 6 min read

Efficiency

Energy firms urge Treasury to expand ECO home insulation funding scheme

Letter to HMT from more than 30 organisations warns millions more homes risk falling into fuel poverty this year without further support for insulation and other measures

10 April 2022 • 5 min read

Policy

Energy Security Strategy: Nuclear and hydrogen tipped for big wins, but will Treasury block efficiency plans?

Latest round of reports on long-overdue energy independence plan suggest Number 10 and 11 continue to be at loggerheads over the cost of actions that could protect consumers from record energy bills

06 April 2022 • 9 min read

Taxation

'Irreparable damage to net zero': Ditching ECO levy would put 30,000 jobs at risk, industry body warns

Scrapping £1bn ECO levy could see tens of thousands of jobs lost across the energy efficiency sector, Insulation Assurance Authority (IAA) warns

21 January 2022 • 3 min read

Energy

Charities urge government to ramp up insulation and clean energy to tackle cost of living crisis

Letter to PM argues accelerating shift away from fossil fuels can help curb surging bills and cut fuel poverty

17 January 2022 • 4 min read

Energy

'The worst way to cut energy bills': Campaigners slam reports government is considering cutting energy efficiency levy

The Treasury is reportedly reviewing the Energy Company Obligation as it looks to ease rising energy bills, despite warnings from BEIS that cutting levy would be 'short termist'

11 January 2022 • 4 min read