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Assisted Connections

Assisted Connections. Fuel Poverty Funding. Insaf Ahamed 19 March 2014. Scotia Gas Networks. Formed in 2005 Owned by 3 shareholders SSE plc (50%), Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc (25%), Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board (25%)

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Assisted Connections

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  1. Assisted Connections Fuel Poverty Funding Insaf Ahamed 19 March 2014

  2. Scotia Gas Networks • Formed in 2005 • Owned by 3 shareholders SSE plc (50%), Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc (25%), Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board (25%) • Operates two of the UK’s largest gas networks through 74,000km of gas mains & services • Second largest gas distribution company in the UK • 5.8 million customers • Scotland is served by Scotland Gas Networks • Southern Gas Networks encompasses the south and south-east of England

  3. Scotia Gas Networks Structure

  4. Scotia Gas Networks

  5. Southern Gas Networks

  6. Assisted Connections Free Gas Connections?

  7. Assisted Connections • Up to £2,423.83 funding per eligible connection • Open to all domestic properties • First time gas connections • Qualifying criteria • Living in one of the top 20% most deprived areas within our gas network areas • In receipt of certain income related benefits • Living in fuel poverty based on the current Government definition (Low income, High cost) • Aged 70 years or over • Intension of connecting a central heating system

  8. Fuel Poverty • 5.2m households in UK live in fuel poverty (FP) in 2010 • 376,000 properties off gas within the South / South East England • 55,543 properties off gas and within the top 20% deprived areas in South / South East England

  9. Southern Gas Networks IMD

  10. What have we achieved? 2009 - 2013

  11. Success rate throughout the last regulatory period • We targeted 10,000 Fuel Poor customers (8,000 in Scotland & 2,000 in the South/South East) • Over 17,300 fuel poor customers connected

  12. Fuel Poor: 2013-21 RIIO • Scotland target 11,000 over 8 years Scotland completed 4,514 • Southern target 9,000 over 8 years Southern completed 781

  13. Case Studies

  14. Kingfisher Mobile Home Park, Bournemouth • 12 Park Homes Connected • Over £29,000 Assisted Connections funding • Joint trenching

  15. Test Road, Sompting – Adur District Council • Total 203 domestic properties, 98 council owned and105 privately owned / occupied • Proposed £240,000 fuel poverty funding via the Assisted Connections Scheme for Council properties • Further consideration of how we can allocate System Extension Funds to support the cost of in-house measures for owner/occupiers.

  16. Questions?

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