Transcript Hard to Treat Homes

Fuel Poverty Forum
North East England
Victoria Eynon
project development coordinator
1981 - 86
1986 - 89
500,000th home
insulated
2000 - 01
Minister for
Social
Development at
NEA
conference,
Ireland
2006 - 2012
NEA trials of
heat pumps
help raise
profile in Warm
Front/Green
Deal
Number of
English region households1
Number of
% of
households in households
fuel poverty1
fuel poor
West Midlands
2,244,928
589,004
26.2%
North East
1,127,904
271,519
24.1%
North West
East Midlands
Yorkshire and
the Humber
2,938,918
1,862,121
649,201
398,478
22.1%
21.4%
2,231,195
444,182
19.9%
Average
19.3%
South West
2,229,058
411,080
18.4%
East of England
2,388,522
387,672
16.2%
London
3,030,780
401,859
13.3%
South East
3,481,988
410,928
11.8%
Source:
DECC
2011
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
Excess Winter Death Index (%) and percent increase in number of EWDs in 2010/11 over 2009/10
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
(%)
10.0
5.0
0.0
-5.0
-10.0
North East
North West
Yorkshire
and the
Humber
East
Midlands
West
Midlands
East
London
South East
South West
-15.0
-20.0
EWDI % 09/10
EWDI % 10/11
EWD % increase over 09/10
Wales
England
England and
Wales
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
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
“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. “
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
• 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
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
Breakdown of average domestic gas, electricity and energy bill in 2011
Breakdown of average domestic gas, electricity and energy bill in 2011
Real 2010 prices
Gas bill
Electricity bill
Energy bill
Wholesale energy
cost
Transmission,
distribution and
metering
Supplier costs and
margins
Energy and climate
change policies:
CERT extension
£339 (51%)
£261 (43%)
£600 (48%)
£125 (21%)
£113 (19%)
£238 (19%)
£137 (21%)
£136 (23%)
£273 (22%)
£28 (4%)
£61 (10%)
£89 (7%)
£20 (3%)
£17 (3%)
£38 (3%)
EU Emissions
Trading System
RO
Warm Home
Discount
Community Energy
Saving Programme
Feed-in-Tariffs
N/A
£20 (3%)
£20 (2%)
N/A
£6 (1%)
£17 (3%)
£5 (1%)
£17 (1%)
£10 (1%)
£2 (0%)
£1 (0%)
£3 (0%)
N/A
£1 (0%)
£1 (0%)
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
Incentives for renewables
• FiT reduced from Dec 12th
• RHPP for domestic sector
• RHI under development for
domestic sector
• Eligible for both?
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
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
Warm Front
• Assistance is still available
• It is not being taken up
• Understand the criteria
• Please encourage referrals
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
Training at NEA
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
Current Training Provision
Course
Audience
Energy Awareness C&G’s 6281/01
3 day training + 1 day exam
FU’s; LA’s; HA’s; Advice agencies;
DEA agencies; academies; potential
Green Deal Advisors
Renewable Energy in the Home
C&G’s 6281/02
2 day training + 1 day exam
FU’s; LA’s; HA’s; Advice agencies;
DEA agencies; academies
Provide Energy Efficiency Services
NVQ
All face-to-face advice workers
Fuel Debt Advice
CAB’s; Age UK; FU’s; LA’s; ESTAC’s
Train the Trainer – Keep Warm, Save
Money (1 day non accredited)
Anyone working in the community
and commissioned with delivering
presentations
Fuel Poverty within Social Housing
Social housing sector
Fuel Poverty and Health
Health professionals and Care
Services
Delivering Advice to Priority
Customers
Fuel Utilities
Elected Member Energy Efficiency
Councillors
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.
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 [email protected]
Telephone 0191 2692931
Any Questions?