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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%) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Assisted ConnectionsFuel Poverty Funding
Insaf Ahamed
19 March 2014
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• 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
Scotia Gas Networks
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Scotia Gas Networks Structure
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Scotia Gas Networks
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Southern Gas Networks
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Assisted ConnectionsFree Gas Connections?
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• 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
Assisted Connections
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• 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
Fuel Poverty
Country No. of households % of households Total households
England 3,900,000 18.0% 21,600,000
Scotland 684,000 28.9% 2,368,000
Wales 332,000 26.2% 1,268,000
Northern Ireland 294,000 42.0% 701,500
United Kingdom 5,218,000 20.1% 25,937,500
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Southern Gas Networks IMD
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What have we achieved?
2009 - 2013
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• 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
Success rate throughout the last regulatory period
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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
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Case Studies
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Kingfisher Mobile Home Park, Bournemouth
• 12 Park Homes Connected
• Over £29,000 Assisted Connections funding
• Joint trenching
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• 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.
Test Road, Sompting – Adur District Council
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Questions?