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Towards a new fuel poverty strategy
Looking beyond 7th May
Introduction
• Our campaign
• DECC’s Fuel Poverty Strategy
• Our manifesto for the next Government
Our campaign - about us
• Volunteer led
• Non-partisan
• Supported by LAs/HAs, charities new energy market entrants & partner campaigns
Our campaign - a fuel poverty crisis
• 3 million UK households in fuel poverty• Energy bills have doubled in last decade• Children in fuel poverty higher risk of respiratory and
mental health problems • Netmums Survey – 1 in 5 members choosing
between heating and eating • Elderly - Average 25,000 Excess Winter Deaths per
year in England & Wales
Our campaign - getting smart about energy
• Data matching
• Pre-payment
• Health
A welcome change of direction
Fuel Poverty Strategy
Fuel Poverty Strategy • Integrate into wider public health strategy
• Targets for Energy efficiency standards
• Recognition of role of community energy and need to understand household behaviours
Our Manifesto- looking beyond 7 May
• Energy efficiency – ECO 250,000 households by 2023: Winter 2012 / 2013 – 300,000
more households fell in to fuel poverty
• Health and fuel poverty– No delivery timetable or hard data
• Empowering local authorities– More responsibility less funding
Our Manifesto - a national residential retrofit programme
• Targets: – 2 million low income homes to EPC C by 2020 – all 6 million low income households to EPC C by 2025
• Financing: – Half a million households per year
• Impact:– 100,000 jobs & £3 growth / £1 invested– £1.27 Tax Return / £1 Invested
Delivery of a National Residential Retrofit Programme
Our Manifesto - health
• Multi-comfort housing central to health– Timetable for delivery of Health Impacts of Domestic Energy
Efficiency Measures report
• No vulnerable patient discharged to a cold home – NICE guidelines
• Focus on housing for children and the elderly
Our Manifesto - local authorities
• Speed up access to data?
• Clarify role in smart meter roll out?
• Recognise need for local messengers?
