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What steps he has taken to help homeowners install renewable heating systems.
What steps he has taken to help homeowners install renewable heating systems.
Our world-first domestic renewable heat incentive scheme opened for applications on 9 April, giving home owners an unprecedented opportunity to install greener, cheaper heating. More than 1,000 applications have already been accredited to the scheme.
What steps he has taken to help homeowners install renewable heating systems.
What steps he has taken to help homeowners install renewable heating systems.
Our world-first domestic renewable heat incentive scheme opened for applications on 9 April, giving home owners an unprecedented opportunity to install greener, cheaper heating. More than 1,000 applications have already been accredited to the scheme.
Our world-first domestic renewable heat incentive scheme opened for applications on 9 April, giving home owners an unprecedented opportunity to install greener, cheaper heating. More than 1,000 applications have already been accredited to the scheme.
Our world-first domestic renewable heat incentive scheme opened for applications on 9 April, giving home owners an unprecedented opportunity to install greener, cheaper heating. More than 1,000 applications have already been accredited to the scheme.
What steps he has taken to help homeowners install renewable heating systems.
It is typical of my hon. Friend to be particularly concerned about the more vulnerable and those on lower incomes, and he has done a great deal of work in his constituency to help them. We have a range of policies that will help reduce energy bills for tenants and home owners alike. Social housing was at the forefront in benefiting from DECC’s renewable heat premium payment scheme. We installed over 10,000 renewable heating systems in social housing. Social housing providers and the National Housing Federation are working closely with my team in DECC to look at more ways in which we can make the RHI available to social housing tenants.
It is typical of my hon. Friend to be particularly concerned about the more vulnerable and those on lower incomes, and he has done a great deal of work in his constituency to help them. We have a range of policies that will help reduce energy bills for tenants and home owners alike. Social housing was at the forefront in benefiting from DECC’s renewable heat premium payment scheme. We installed over 10,000 renewable heating systems in social housing. Social housing providers and the National Housing Federation are working closely with my team in DECC to look at more ways in which we can make the RHI available to social housing tenants.
What pressure is being put on housing associations to reduce energy costs for tenants, especially those living in energy poverty and those receiving benefits?
I thank my hon. Friend for welcoming me to his constituency, where I was very impressed to see the support he is giving to a number of exciting and innovative green businesses, which are clearly benefiting from the wider growth in the economy. Many products sold by Ashburn Stoves, such as the pellet stoves I was shown, are already included in our schemes. We want
the RHI to drive innovation and we are clear that next year there will be a review to bring in new technologies that are proven to reduce carbon emissions.
I thank my hon. Friend for welcoming me to his constituency, where I was very impressed to see the support he is giving to a number of exciting and innovative green businesses, which are clearly benefiting from the wider growth in the economy. Many products sold by Ashburn Stoves, such as the pellet stoves I was shown, are already included in our schemes. We want
the RHI to drive innovation and we are clear that next year there will be a review to bring in new technologies that are proven to reduce carbon emissions.
My right hon. Friend was kind enough to visit Pendle on Monday and meet Fiona Imlach and Bruce Mills of Ashburn Stoves in Earby, a business that sells renewable heating systems for use in people’s homes. What assurances can he give the customers of such businesses that they will be supported through Government scheme such as the renewable heat incentive?
I am answering questions on the renewable heat incentive rather than the green deal scheme. I could not give the hon. Lady an answer about 2017 off the top of my head, but I will happily write to her with our estimate.
I am answering questions on the renewable heat incentive rather than the green deal scheme. I could not give the hon. Lady an answer about 2017 off the top of my head, but I will happily write to her with our estimate.
About a quarter of houses in Scotland are in the hard-to-heat category, having been built of stone or with non-traditional construction. Can the Minister give me an estimate of how many houses he believes will benefit from the green deal scheme between now and 2017, and what priority will he give to that category of property?
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to include gas absorption heat pumps in the Renewable Heat Incentive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to include gas absorption heat pumps in the Renewable Heat Incentive.
As part of the review of the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), we are looking at additional technologies that could be supported under the scheme. We have commissioned contracts to start work on gathering evidence on a number of technologies, including gas-driven heat pumps; which include gas absorption heat pumps. Before any new technology is added to the RHI, our proposals to do so will be the subject of a public consultation.
The domestic RHI will be introduced this spring. Gas absorption heat pumps will not be supported under the scheme at its introduction.
We published details of the domestic scheme last summer; and, among those documents is 4New Technologies: Process towards eligibility':
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-proposals-for-a-domestic-scheme
This provides guidance on the criteria and evidence that DECC would expect to consider when deciding whether to include additional technologies under the domestic (and non-domestic) RHI in the future.
Agreed to on question.
Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of energy suppliers' phase 1 and phase 2 obligations under the home heating cost reduction obligation of the Energy Companies Obligation have been met to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of energy suppliers' phase 1 and phase 2 obligations under the home heating cost reduction obligation of the Energy Companies Obligation have been met to date.
Phases 1 and 2 cover the period 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2014. Ofgem reported that, as of the end of September 2013, energy companies had collectively delivered 24.7% of their phase 1 and phase 2 obligations under the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation within the Energy Company Obligation. This information is available on the Ofgem website at:
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/energy-companies-obligation-eco-compliance-update-november-2013
In addition, companies had notified a large number of measures which had not yet been approved.
Ofgem published details of individual obligated suppliers' progress against their phase 1 and phase 2 obligations under all the elements of the Energy Company Obligation on 8 November, This information is available on the Ofgem website:
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/84352/ecocomplianceupdate-october2013quarterlyannexv1.pdf
I apologise to the hon. Lady. I am not sure whether she actually wrote to me, which I invited her to do following her question. I will look at the issue again after these questions to see where we are, and I will write to her later today.
I apologise to the hon. Lady. I am not sure whether she actually wrote to me, which I invited her to do following her question. I will look at the issue again after these questions to see where we are, and I will write to her later today.
The Minister previously promised me that he would discuss cold alarms with the energy suppliers and let me know their response, but he has not. With people choosing between heating and eating, and with prices ridiculously high, will he please now tell me what progress he has made on cold alarms, which will alert vulnerable people and their carers when temperatures become dangerously low and prevent more unnecessary deaths this winter?
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive for residential properties; and when he expects that grant to be available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive for residential properties; and when he expects that grant to be available.
We published the details of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive on 12 July; and these are available through our website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-proposals-for-a-domestic-scheme
Subject to EU state aid and parliamentary approval, we intend to open the scheme for payments from spring 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs have been carried out by energy companies as part of the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs have been carried out by energy companies as part of the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation...
The provisional number of ECO measures installed up to end June 2013, by measure type and by the obligation category, including HHCRO, was in Table 4a in the latest monthly Green Deal/ECO statistical release, published on 20 August 2013:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230138/Statistical_Release_-_Green_ Deal_and_Energy_Company_Obligation_in_Great_Britain_-_20_August_2013.pdf
The same table, up to the end July 2013, will be included in the next monthly Green Deal/ECO statistical release which will be published on 19 September 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many energy companies offer (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs under the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many energy companies offer (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs under the (i) Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation and (ii) Energy Company Obligation.
All the measures referred to are potentially eligible under at least one of the sub-obligations within the Energy Company Obligation (ECO)—including the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation. However, within the rules of the scheme, what measures companies decide to make available and in what circumstances is a commercial matter for them.
A detailed breakdown of specific measures delivered to date under ECO is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics
This shows that to end-June 2013 there had been a total of:
4,704 solid wall insulation measures;
25,836 boiler replacements;
181 central heating repairs.
I cannot give the hon. Lady an up-to-date view on that, but it is a very important measure in which I know that she has taken a great personal interest, so if I may, I will write to her and give her a bang up-to-date report of where we are.
I cannot give the hon. Lady an up-to-date view on that, but it is a very important measure in which I know that she has taken a great personal interest, so if I may, I will write to her and give her a bang up-to-date report of where we are.
We know that many older people do not adequately heat their homes, which puts them at risk of illness and death. Will the Minister update the House on any progress made in
discussions with suppliers about the installation of cold alarms, which would alert householders and carers when temperatures become dangerously low?
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many heat pumps he expects to be installed in UK homes by 2020 as a result of (a) the Renewable Heat Incentive and (b) the requirements of Part L of Building Regulations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many heat pumps he expects to be installed in UK homes by 2020 as a result of (a) the Renewable Heat Incentive and (b) the requirements of Part L of Building Regulations.
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The most recently published expectation is that 338,000 heat pumps will be installed in UK homes by 2020.
This figure refers to air-to-water and ground-source heat pumps only; it does not include air-to-air heat pumps, as we did not propose to support these in our consultation on the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
When we published that expectation, it was on the basis of the policy and evidence consulted on at the time, and we projected that 204,000 installations would be as a result of the RHI by 2020/21.
We are currently updating our baseline figures in light of consultation responses and new evidence we have collected, and as a result of the changes we have made to the timetable for implementing changes to the RHI. We are intending to publish our updated view of the projected number of installations, including those that are adopted as a result of the RHI, this summer.
Part L of the Building Regulations sets minimum energy performance standards, but does not prescribe specific technologies or heating fuels. The Government is committed to progressively strengthening Part L emissions targets as part of its commitment to Zero Carbon Homes from 2016. Home builders will increasingly need to install low or zero carbon energy sources such, as heat pumps, to meet these higher standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) investment, (b) jobs, (c) taxation and (d) the decarbonisation of residential heating of the introduction of the requirement for high efficiency gas and oil boilers when replacing residential heating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) investment, (b) jobs, (c) taxation and (d) the decarbonisation of residential heating of the introduction of the requirement for high efficiency gas and oil boilers when replacing residential heating...
On 26 March, the Department published ‘The Future of Heating: Meeting the challenge’ which sets out the Government's approach to reducing carbon emissions from heating and cooling in the decades to come. Chapter 3 of the document deals with heat and cooling for buildings including the impact of existing regulatory requirements, and policy options for the future. The document is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-of-heating-meeting-the-challenge
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to publish his heat strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to publish his heat strategy.
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The Government will be setting out its plans on heat shortly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to include domestic boilers over 45kw in the renewable heat incentive.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to include domestic boilers over 45kw in the renewable heat incentive.
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The Government has consulted on proposals for a domestic RHI, the consultation closed on 7 December. In the consultation we set out that we planned to exclude installations over 45 kWth from the scheme as these installations are not currently covered by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).
In the consultation we asked for views on these proposals and gave respondents the opportunity to suggest changes. We are currently reviewing responses as we finalise the policy.