It’s barely 2 months since the Green Deal was introduced to Parliament as a provision within the Energy Bill and it’s still at least 18 months before the first formal Green Deal schemes are available to householders. And yet, interest in Green Deal is growing dramatically, speculation on the detail is rife, and the demand for information on the energy company obligation and how to get involved, particularly from Local Authorities and Housing Providers is increasing.
DECC are also heavily involved in developing the policy for the new Energy Company Obligation (ECO) which will take over from the existing CERT obligation on energy companies when it expires in December 2012. It is DECC’s intention that ECO will focus on providing energy efficiency benefits to vulnerable households and ‘hard to treat’ properties and in that way will support and compliment the Green Deal scheme.
Also to support and run alongside the Green Deal, the Warm Home Discount Scheme is in it’s final stages of development and approval. Through the Warm Home Discount Scheme, over 2 million households will be eligible to get a £130 discount off their electricity bill in the first two years, £135 in the third year and £140 in year four.
The ‘Affirmation Regulations’ are yet to be debated by both Houses of Parliament and signed by Ministers but it is anticipated that the scheme will come into force in April this year.
Over the coming weeks and months, Climate Energy will be holding a number of workshops to discuss the detail of Green Deal, ECO and the Warm Home Discount scheme – watch out for dates and get in touch if you are interesting in finding out more.
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