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Can Green Deal Solve Fuel Poverty?

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.

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Can Green Deal Solve Fuel Poverty?

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  1. Can Green Deal Solve Fuel Poverty? Phil Beardmore Director Localise West Midlands

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Green Deal and fuel poverty • Fuel poverty a moving target • Health inequalities • Full cost and hidden cost • Interoperability

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Thank you for listening www.localisewestmidlands.org.uk www.twitter.com/localisewm philbeardmore@virginmedia.com www.twitter.com/philbeardmore

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