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Fuel Poverty Forum North East England Victoria Eynon project development coordinator

Fuel Poverty Forum North East England Victoria Eynon project development coordinator. NEA trials of heat pumps help raise profile in Warm Front/Green Deal. 2006 - 2012. 1981 - 86. 2000 - 01. 1986 - 89. Minister for Social Development at NEA conference, Ireland.

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Fuel Poverty Forum North East England Victoria Eynon project development coordinator

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  1. Fuel Poverty Forum North East EnglandVictoria Eynonproject development coordinator

  2. NEA trials of heat pumps help raise profile in Warm Front/Green Deal 2006 - 2012 1981 - 86 2000 - 01 1986 - 89 Minister for Social Development at NEA conference, Ireland 500,000th home insulated

  3. Source: DECC 2011

  4. Excess Winter Deaths: Regional and national change 2009/10 – 2010/11 North east provisional increase of 290 EWD Increase of 26.1% on the index

  5. Green Deal Consultation • Consultation closed 18th Jan • Detail (secondary legislation spring 2012) • All eyes on ECO • Warm Front and CERT priority approx £950 million p/a • ECO fuel poor £325 million

  6. NEA proposals • All ECO obligation for low-income households • Carbon reduction element can also focus on the fuel poor, and particularly on solid wall insulation • Local government should be at the heart of a co-ordinated approach

  7. “We call on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super energy efficient - driving down our energy bills forever. “

  8. Fuel Poverty Review • Fuel poverty is a serious social problem distinct from general financial disadvantage. • New definition proposes using poverty indicator and ‘median needed spend threshold.’ • Reduces fuel poverty from 3.9m to 2.7million in England

  9. Does ‘median needed spend’ mean affordable spend? – energy prices can double without increasing fuel poverty under new measurement • Further report in January • Concentrate on policies/programmes that deliver help • Feed comments to Ron Campbell at NEA

  10. Check, Switch, Insulate • Following October Energy Summit • suppliers will write to quarterly credit customers encouraging them to change payment method • Suppliers will include a signpost on bills to enable price comparison • Suppliers will look into web-based tool to enable individual comparison • Encourage take up of insulation for SP group

  11. Breakdown of average domestic gas, electricity and energy bill in 2011

  12. Winter Health Initiative • Extra £10 million for Warm Front • £20 million Warm Homes Healthy People fund • Cold Weather Plan • “Getting Ready for Winter” website Through direct.gov.uk

  13. Incentives for renewables • FiT reduced from Dec 12th • RHPP for domestic sector • RHI under development for domestic sector • Eligible for both?

  14. OFT off-grid energy market report • Heating oil costs largely reflect global market costs • Peak demand in December 2010 resulted in peak pricing • Barriers to uptake remain for microgeneration • LPG more competitive

  15. Plug the debt • 1,000,000 electricity accounts and over • 900,000 gas accounts are in arrears and repaying debt to the supplier (but these are formal arrangements only). Main five messages? Tell supplier you’re struggling; tell them what you can afford to pay; HomeHeatHelpline; switch; CAB

  16. Warm Front • Assistance is still available • It is not being taken up • Understand the criteria • Please encourage referrals

  17. Interesting reports • JRF, The distribution of UK household CO2 emissions: Interim report, Nov 2011 www.jrf.org.uk/focus-issue/climate-change • Eaga Charitable Trust, The role of microgeneration technologies in alleviating fuel poverty, 2011 • Ofgem, Monitoring supplier’s social spend, Nov 2011 • CCC, Household energy bills –impacts of meeting carbon budgets, Sept 2011 • FPAG, 9th Annual Review

  18. Training at NEA

  19. Making it Happen Our vision is: To be a major contributor to the energy skills market through the development and delivery of quality assured, certificated training courses • We offer bespoke training specifically designed to meet your requirements • We offer ‘off-the-shelf’ courses with qualifications or CPD certificates • We offer pick and mix • We provide educational and training resources • We develop new qualifications based upon market needs and trends • We can offer face-to-face or telephone discussions to guide you to determine your training requirements • All of NEA’s Trainers are experienced and qualified • All NEA Accredited courses are cited in C&G’s new Green Deal catalogue

  20. Current Training Provision

  21. How we deliver training • In-house: If you have large groups of trainees (up to 12 for accredited courses and up to 20 for all others) and you provide the venue, then we will come to you. • Multiple courses: If you wish to purchase multiple courses then contact NEA’s Training & Development Manager, Denise Howell to discuss potential discounts and best options available for your needs. • Open Access: If you only wish to put one or two people through accredited training then we programme in venues in the major cities throughout the country and promote those through our website; emails and postal mail-outs. http://www.nea.org.uk/nea-training-marketing/ • Combined offering: If you can only pull together a few learners of your own then why don’t you partner with a neighbouring organisation and share the cost of an in-house course. • Or alternatively: let us know how many people you can get together and where and when you would like the training, and our Training Co-ordinator, Lynsey Thompson will be pleased to assist with recruitment.

  22. Currently under development • Domestic Green Deal Advisor course • being developed in accordance with the governments national occupational standards for green deal advisors and recommended learning syllabus (not yet agreed) • Delivering Energy Efficiency Projects • A level 4 qualification for those advisors who already hold the 6281/01 (or previous 6176/01) qualification or who are delivering projects and come with knowledge but require a formal, higher level qualification • 5 Level 1 qualifications with in-built literacy and numeracy • C&G’s 6281-10 The principles of fuel consumption in the home • C&G’s 6281-11 The principles of renewable electricity • C&G’s 6281-12 The Principles of renewable heat • C&G’s 6281-13 The principles of heat loss and insulation • C&G’s 6281-14 The principles of space and water heating • E-learning and E-assessments for NEA’s Energy Awareness course and C&G’s 6281/01 examinations available from next year and specifically aimed at engaging with colleges and academies • All of the above will be ready for delivery and piloted during 2012 For further information please contact lynsey.thompson@nea.org.uk Telephone 0191 2692931

  23. Any Questions?

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