can green deal solve fuel poverty? phil beardmore director localise west midlands
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Can Green Deal Solve Fuel Poverty?
Phil Beardmore
Director
Localise West Midlands
Can Green Deal Solve Fuel Poverty?
• About us and the project
• Green Deal and fuel poverty issues
• Green Deal and new opportunities to tackle fuel poverty
• Recommendations
About us
• Localisation – promoting the benefits of local supply chains for economic, social and environmental benefit
• Localise West Midlands is a leading think tank, campaign group and consultancy on localisation issues
About us
• Many of the solutions to fuel poverty involve more localised delivery
• Track record includes advising local authorities on sustainable procurement and the Green New Deal model
• Project funded by ScottishPower Energy People Trust
Green Deal and fuel poverty
• Fuel poverty a moving target
• Health inequalities
• Full cost and hidden cost
• Interoperability
ECO and fuel poverty
Current picture:
• 18m homes with gas supply, 24m homes with electricity supply, contributing £1,470,000,000 annually to CERT, CESP, Renewables Obligation
Figures: Richard Baines, Black Country Housing Group
ECO and fuel poverty
Who needs ECO to meet Golden Rule:
• Hard-to-treat fuel rich: 2,000,000 homes
• Hard-to-treat fuel poor: 2,000,000 homes
• Other fuel-poor: 2,000,000 homes
Figures: Richard Baines, Black Country Housing Group
ECO and fuel poverty
• Average £11,000 worth of measures per household x 6 million households = £66,000,000,000 ECO needed
• Spread over 38 year lifetime of Green Deal, this means £1,736,842,105 per annum, i.e. £82.71 per dual fuel household
Figures: Richard Baines, Black Country Housing Group
ECO and fuel poverty
• If fuel-poor households were exempt from the levy, then the average cost per fuel-rich dual-fuel household would be £96 per annum
• This is £61 than they are currently pay
Figures: Richard Baines, Black Country Housing Group
Green Deal and new opportunities to
tackle fuel poverty• Ofgem retail market review
• A Factor Four approach – whole-house plus energy advice plus payment method plus money advice
• Green Deal repayment methods
Green Deal and new opportunities to
tackle fuel poverty• Reprofiling of risks associated with fuel
poverty
• Asset transfer to fuel poor, not handouts
• Role of Community Development Financial Institutions
• CHP/Gas grid extension
Green Deal and new opportunities to
tackle fuel poverty• Using Green Deal referral fees
• Centralisation versus localisation in carbon abatement and fuel poverty
• Neighbourhood planning
• Messenger
Recommendations
• Fuel poverty obligation on Green Deal providers
• A flexible definition of fuel poverty
• Green Deal packages to be offered at trigger points
• Understanding the costs and outcomes
Recommendations
• A whole-house, Factor Four approach
• Transfer assets to the fuel poor
• Use Green Deal to take the drudgery out of fuel poverty
• Interoperability of Green Deal systems
• Encouraging innovation
Thank you for listening
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