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Carbon Action Network
The Carbon Action Network (CAN) is a not-for-profit organisation
supporting local government officers with a remit for reducing all
aspects of the UK’s domestic-sector carbon footprint and tackling
fuel poverty.
Chairman: Paul Maplethorpe
[email protected]
Vice Chair Jane Mears
[email protected]
• Introduction sponsors address
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Apologies
Minutes of last meeting
Green Deal Communities Update 20 January
2014 there is now £80 million of capital funding
available. Applications are for a minimum of £1
million. LAs will be strongly encouraged to work
together and with local partners to deliver
• DECC wrote to all front runner authorities 2
weeks ago some to go back to again this next
week
• DECC received 35 bids in last 2 weeks.
• Sorted by March 64 total representing 150 to
170 authorities .
• Changes to the Cashback scheme late last year. Today 19/2/14
we were able to confirm further details on these changes including:
• An extension of the current scheme to June 2014
• Uplift to some of the rates
• An increase in the customer contribution cap
• Changes to Insurance-backed guarantees for those not using Green
Deal Finance
• The link to the PN is below.
• https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-cash-back-for-peoplecarrying-out-green-deal-home-improvements
• The quick guide for synopsis
• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-dealcashback-for-energy-saving-home-improvers
• As part of the Energy Bills announcements the
government outlined proposed changes to ECO,
£540 million will be made available over the next
three years to boost energy efficiency. £450
million of the £540 million will be aimed at
households and private landlords. Alongside
this, the Green Deal is also being improved to
make it more attractive for consumers and to
remove unnecessary cost for companies
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Energy Company Obligation
The changes to ECO, to be consulted on, include:
Reducing the Carbon Obligation (CERO) target by 33%. The 2015
Carbon Saving Communities (CSCO) and Affordable Warmth (AW)
targets will remain the same.
Extending the ECO scheme to March 2017 with new targets for CERO,
CSCO and AW at 2015 levels.
Extending the CSCO element of ECO from the 15% to the 25% lowest
areas on the Index of Multiple Deprivation and simplifying the
qualifying criteria.
Including District Heating as an allowable primary measure under
CERO.
Including loft and easy to treat cavity walls as an allowable primary
measure under CERO.
Introducing and standardising measures to prevent fraud, particularly
around loft and easy to treat cavity wall insulation.
Introducing a solid wall minima set at 100,000 measures to be
delivered by 2017 across all companies and all elements of ECO.
Proposals to Ministers
ECO imminent final clearance this month for the
consultation
Targeted investment for more energy
efficient homes within the Private Rented
Sector (PRS), designed to help landlords
meet the minimum standard (EPC E rating)
that will be required under the PRS
Regulations from April 2018. We will also
encourage landlords to bring their properties
up to higher energy efficiency levels faster
than the up-coming standards require. Still
being worked on
• Pilot programmes with five social housing
providers have demonstrated the costeffectiveness of the new Glazing
Upgrades scheme by Glassolutions.
• Tuesday 25th February 2014
• Glassolutions, Meadows Road,
Brookfields Park, Manvers, Rotherham
S63 5DJ
• CAN Chairs Executive Meeting minutes and
update including ofgem
• DECC’s Big Energy Saving Network.
• So far approximately 100 projects have received
up to £5,000 to raise awareness of fuel
switching. This is only open to charities. LAs
need to know about work happening in their
areas as they are not told systematically.
• Off Gas Grid Forum
This group is the sub group of the Fuel Poverty
Advisory Group.
1 Distributers wanted to find easy to connect
properties.
2 This group will look at areas that are presently
highly unlikely to be joined to the grid.
Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) update
CAN Executive Meeting
Conor Molphy
Chris Hunt
09/01/14
Camden Town Hall
A brief overview
ECO is an obligation on 7 energy suppliers. It works alongside Green Deal providing
subsidies for energy efficiency measures for domestic customers.
ECO has a focus on vulnerable and low income households / communities.
From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2015, the overall targets are:
Carbon emissions
reduction target
Carbon savings
community target
Home heating cost
reduction target
20.9 million
lifetime
tonnes of
CO2
6.8 million
lifetime
tonnes of
CO2
£4.2bn of cost
savings
Obligations under ECO
Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation (CERO)
•Primary measures: Solid wall and hard-to-treat cavity wall insulation
•Secondary measures: Connection to district heating system and other insulation measures promoted
as a package with a primary measure
Carbon Saving Community Obligation (CSCO)
•Insulation measures and/or connection to a district heating system
•85% measures must be delivered to homes in areas of low income
•15% of each supplier’s total must be promoted to members of the Affordable Warmth Group living in
a rural area (Rural Sub-Obligation)
•Adjoining areas – part of CSCO may be delivered in areas adjoining areas of low income.
Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO)
•Measures to improve the ability of a private householder to heat their home – specifically targets
low-income and vulnerable householders
•Heating qualifying actions, which includes the repair and replacement of boilers and insulation
measures
Ofgem’s role
Ofgem’s functions include (but not limited to):
 determining and notifying suppliers of their obligations;
 Developing Guidance to implement DECC’s legislation, i.e. the ECO Order;
 attributing savings to completed qualifying actions;
 gathering relevant information, monitoring compliance and enforcement
 approving transfers, excess actions, or re-elections as necessary;
 determining whether a supplier has achieved its obligations
Ofgem’s role
Ofgem’s Powers: Ofgem’s powers are limited to the obligated energy suppliers only.
We do not have oversight of the supply chain. Nor do we make any payments under the
scheme.
Great Britain Only: ECO applies to England, Scotland and Wales only and excludes
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Domestic Only: ECO is targeted at the domestic premises only and does not apply to
commercial market.
Measure Type : ECO provides for the installation of insulation and heating measures
only. It does not cover other domestic energy usage such as appliances and lighting.
Market Led: ECO is a market led initiative. Working within the rules set out in our
guidance document, suppliers are free to meet their targets in whatever way they
choose. This is intended to deliver ECO at the lowest possible cost to consumers.
Contact details for all suppliers are available on our website
Eligibility for ECO?
A supplier achieves its obligations by promoting energy efficiency measures to a
‘domestic energy user’ for CERO & CSCO or to a ‘Householder’ that is in the
Affordable Warmth Group (‘AWG’) for HHCRO.
Social housing tenants & landlords are eligible under CERO & CSCO but are not
eligible under HHCRO.
A ‘Householder’ is defined in our guidance. Generally, this is a homeowner or a
person in private rented accommodation.
AWG eligibility relies on one person in the property being in receipt of specific
benefits or tax credits.
A supplier may jointly fund a measure with a third party (other than another
supplier), e.g. a local authority.
NB: In this case the supplier will still need to satisfy us that it was a cause of that
measure being installed, i.e. the supplier must “promote” the measure
Eligibility for ECO?
Suppliers will be expected to retain copies of the following
for the purposes of audit:
– contracts (or other documents) which establish relationship
between supplier & installer; and
– Evidence that a resident is AWG and a Householder if for
HHCRO
– Evidence that a measure has been recommended for that
property
– Evidence that the installer was PAS 2030 (or Gas Safe) and
that the measures have been signed-off
– Evidence that the carbon or cost score was calculated
correctly
CSCO – Rural Sub Obligation
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Target = 15% of CSCO
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Must be promoted to the Affordable Warmth Group
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Rural Area = “A settlement of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.”
Energy suppliers will have the ability to determine whether an LSOA is in a
Low Income or Rural area.
More information on low income and rural areas can be found in the DECC
document:
“Energy Company Obligation Carbon saving Community Obligation: Rural
and Low Income Areas”
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/48405/5
536-carbon-saving-community-obligation-rural-and-low-.pdf
Progress to date
Monthly statistics are published
by DECC for all measures
notified to Ofgem.
Monthly and quarterly statistics
are also published by Ofgem
Changes to ECO policy
• ECO will undergo a number of changes in 2014-2017
• Details on the proposed changes to the ECO scheme,
announced on 2 Dec 2013, can be found on DECC’s
website.
• The proposed changes are yet to be publicly consulted
on and Ofgem will continue to administer ECO under the
existing legislation.
• If you have any questions on the proposed changes or
the consultation process you should contact DECC.
For further information
For your residents:
England and Wales: Energy Saving Advice Service (call 0300 123 1234 at national rate)
Scotland: Home Energy Scotland (call 0800 512 012 for free).
Through them you can find out:
•if you’re eligible for the ECO scheme
•what support is available
•how you can start to access it.
For Local Authorities
Contact suppliers directly for information about funding levels and contracts (contact details on
our website)
For more information about specific aspects of ECO please see
•FAQs for consumers on our website
•FAQs for intstallers on our website
•The ECO guidance
Question and Answer session
Conor Molphy
ECO Technical Manager
Chris Hunt
HHCRO Manager
[email protected]
Question and Answer session
• Events updates and other points
• DECC Community Energy Survey & Energy Follow-Up
Survey
DECC have released findings from two surveys: The
2011 Energy Follow-Up Survey (EFUS) published on 28
January 2014, and a survey of UK adults on public
attitudes to community energy in the UK, which informed
their Community Energy Strategy
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• Events updates and other points
• New Fuel Poverty Research from ACE &
Energy Bill Revolution
ACE Research and the Energy Bill Revolution
have published new research on fuel poverty
figures which find that the number of children in
fuel poverty has risen sharply and that half of all
families have cut back on essentials like school
uniforms and food to pay for their heating bills.
• Events updates and other points
• DECC Consultation on district heating
DECC has published a consultation seeking
views on the government’s approach to the
implementation of Articles 9, 10, 11 and 13 of
the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, as they
apply to district heating, district cooling and
communal heating (see CAN web for full text)
Date: 14 Jan 2014
• Events updates and other points
• April is re Election for Chair and vice chair
voting forms will go out shortly .
• Thanks to all
• PAUL