CAN Training Day Conference 5 January 2014

Jenny HollandHead of Parliamentary Team, ACE

jenny@ukace.org

Association for the Conservation of Energy

The Fuel Poverty Crisis

6.59 million UK households in fuel poverty in 2014

1.9 m children in fuel povertyin England

Twice the risk of

respiratory diseases

Quadruple the risk of

mental health problems

Children in fuel poverty in UK

Netmums Survey – 1 in 4 members choosing between heating and eating

Elderly in fuel poverty in UK

31,000 Excess Winter Deaths last winter: • 29% up on previous year

• One person dying every 6 minutes from the cold

Rising Energy Bills

Energy bills have more than doubled since 2005

UK : bottom of Western Europe Fuel Poverty League Table

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Average household's expenditure on energy

The Cause:The woeful state of Britain’s homes

Poor energy performance = high risk of fuel poverty

Climate change: homes

25% of carbon emissions

The long-term solution

Massive improvement in energy performance

UK : funding reduced for fuel poor

Government tells Energy & Climate Change Select Committee:

“Neither the Government’s commitment to fuel poverty nor the spending directed towards it has diminished. Spending will, in fact, be higher in 2014/15 than it was in 2009/10.”

UK : funding reduced for fuel poor

NOT TRUE!• Income support for fuel poor cut by 28%• Energy efficiency support for fuel poor reduced by

20% in 2014/15• Warm Front axed last year - only Exchequer-funded

energy efficiency programme• Just £1 in every £6.50 of Government spending goes

on making homes energy efficient

The Ask

To use carbon revenues massively to improve energy performance

of our homes

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The Carbon Revenue Prize

£60 Billion

Enough to hugely improve 9 million homes

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Carbon Revenue Estimates 2013-2027

Carbon revenues grow from £2 billion to £8 billion per year over 15 years

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What could we achieve in a fuel poor home?

The Impact: 2015-2025

• 9 million homes fuel poverty-proofed

•Quadrupled carbon savings

•Generation of 128,000 jobs

Biggest Fuel Poverty

Alliance Ever Created in UK

Public Meetings Across UK

Media Coverage

Generating more

media coverage

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The macro-economic case

Cambridge Econometrics: Economic Impacts

• Short term investment stimulus– generates up to 71,000 jobs in 2015– boosts economic output more than VAT cuts, fuel duty reductions and government

spending– Best for growth

• Long term economic gains– Up to 128,000 jobs in 2027– Lower gas imports– extra domestic spending– Best for growth

Political Support Grows

• 209 MPs in support

• Third most supported petition in Parliament out of 1330

• Liberal Democrats adopt as official party policy

• Labour getting warmer

Target: Manifesto Commitments

Re-building Homes: The Number 1 Infrastructure Priority

Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February

Go to www.energybillrevolution.org and get involved!

Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February

• Get tweeting – using #ColdHomesWeek hashtag• Email your MP via energybillrevolution.org• Show your support with a selfie in a scarf – via Twitter or

Facebook or to bryn@energybillrevolution.org

www.energybillrevolution.org

www.energybillrevolution.org

Together we can end the scourge of fuel poverty and make warm homes

affordable for everyone

THANK YOU