SPRING MEETING1st. May 2012 | Taunton

GREEN DEAL PROVIDERS

• 22 organisations signed agreement with Government, 4 April

• only three ECO providers: British Gas, E.ON & SSE

• new Green Deal Provider Guide published by DECC (11pp)

• list of all providers, including contact details at: http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn12_042/pn12_042.aspx

ENERGY SAVING ADVICE LINE

• 0300 123 1234 (calls to 0800 512012 will be routed through)

• opened 2 April; run by EST with Careline Services

• is providing advice on CERT & Warm Front schemes

• is your scheme on the directory? are you getting referrals?

RENEWABLE HEAT INCENTIVE• phase 1 now closed

• Renewable Heat Premium Payment phase 2 starts 1st. May and ends 31st. March 2013

• RHI payments expected in "summer 2013"

Technology voucher value

Solar thermal HW £300

Air source heat pump £850

Ground/water source heat pump £1,250

Biomass boiler £950

RHI PHASE 1

• 5,369 Renewable Heat Premium Payments to end April 2012 (England, Wales & Scotland)

• 1,084 (20.2%) in South West - see table below

Technology Vouchers issued

Air source heat pump 382

Biomass boiler 151

Ground/water source heat pump 165

Solar thermal 386

GREEN DEAL & AFFORDABLE WARMTH

• DECC-funded project, delivered by NEA

• evaluate how fuel-poor households can benefit from ECO/Green Deal & related policies

• 10 projects: 2 in south west (Plymouth & Bournemouth)

• draft Green Deal Delivery Plan provided April

• presentation and discussion at July meeting

GDAW: ENERGY AUDITSHouse type

Heating fuel

Cost given by client

Heating system

NHER cost calc

Occupant SAP / Band

End terrace

End terraceGnd. flr.

flat

1st. flr. flat

1st. flr. flat

Mid terrace

1st. flr. flat

On peak electric

£1,690 Convector heaters + HWC £1,325 Couple, 2

children 16/G

Mains gas £1,100 Combi boiler £872Single

parent, 2 children

70/C

Mains gas £1,350 Combi boiler £1,223 Couple, 1 child 45/E

Mains gas £700 System boiler + HWC £1,295 Single

occupant 59/D

Mains gas £NA Combi boiler £1,276 Couple 77/C

Mains gas £1,100 Combi boiler £1,066 Couple, 1 child 65/D

On peak electric

£1,100 Elec boiler/rads + HWC £995 Single

occupant 30/F

GDAW: PROPERTY A

• timber-framed end-terrace with SAP 16 / Band G

• occupants budget £50pw by reducing heating & HW use

• children suffered from colds since moving in last year

• providing loft top-up could exacerbate condensation problem

• cost: insulation £400 + ventilation £100

• result: raise to Band F; save £60 per year

GDAW: GREEN DEAL AT PROPERTY A

• remove electric heating; install gas boiler & heating system

• cost: combi boiler + full controls package £4,500 - £5,000

• raise to Band D

• save £300 per year - £360 with loft top-up

• however, does NOT meet Golden Rule without capital contribution from landlord

• new standard for renting from April 2018: likely Band E

GDAW: GOLDEN RULE PROPERTY AA B C D E F G

Golden Rule

applies?Capital

cost

Life of measures (years)

Annual savings

Golden Rule upper threshold

(BxC)

Interest at 6.5%

Loan required (A+E)

Remainder, for other

costs (D-F)

Golden Rule

applies?

Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)Whole House (all measures below)

£5,000 12 £360 £4,320 £2,213 £7,213 -£2,893 No

Heating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system onlyHeating system only

£4,500 12 £300 £3,600 £1,922 £6,492 -£2,892 No

Loft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation onlyLoft insulation only

£400 25 £60 £1,500 £410 £810 £690 Yes

QUARTERLY ENERGY PRICES

• price of fuel & light in real terms risen by 16.2% between Q4 2010 and Q4 2011

• average electricity bill increase: £36

• average gas bill increase: £61

• in Plymouth, electricity tariff varies from 13.2p to 16.88p; gas from 3.66p to 4.55p (March 2012)

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/publications/prices/prices.aspx

SWITCHING SUPPLIERS: GAS PRICES

ENERGY PRICES: PLYMOUTH MARCH 2012

CREDITCREDIT DIRECT DEBITDIRECT DEBIT PREPAYMENTPREPAYMENT

Gas Elec Gas Elec Gas Elec

Largest

Average

Smallest

£818 £557 £736 £495 £763 £521

£747 £488 £700 £453 £737 £493

£696 £476 £658 £436 £702 £482

GOVERNMENT

"Renewables are now the fastest growing energy source on the planet. And I am proud that Britain has played a leading role at the forefront of this green energy revolution."

David Cameron, speaking to energy ministers from 23 'leading economies' in London, 26th April 2012.

BIOENERGY STRATEGY• Biomass Strategy supports 50,000 jobs by 2020

• will produce 11% of UK energy by 2020 - across heat, transport & electricity

• four key principles to guide policy; biomass must:

1. offer genuine carbon savings to 2050 & beyond

2. be cost effective in meeting climate change & energy targets

3. take into account needs of wider bioeconomy

4. be able to respond to risks such as food security & biodiversity

HEAT STRATEGY

• The Future of Heating consultation

• Comments by 24 May to heatstrategy@decc.gsi.gov.uk

• response template available

more information at http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/heat_strategy/heat_strategy.aspx

HEAT STRATEGY: KEY DATA

• heating: 46% of UK energy demand & 40% of emissions

• natural gas accounts for 70% of energy used for heat

• 80% of all housing energy demand is heating & HW

• only 15% of housing energy demand for lighting & appliances

• about 80% of housing heating & HW from gas boilers

• 4 million homes (1 in 6) not heated by mains gas

HEAT STRATEGY SOLUTIONS

• opportunity to develop heat networks & CHP

• time to revisit ESCO's?

• increased thermal efficiency through better insulation

• increased efficiency of heating delivery systems

• improved management of heat use

NATIONAL HEAT MAP

• designed to help developers & planners identify priority areas for low carbon heat projects

• heat densities in kWh/m2 per year

• for residential, commercial and industrial sectors

• location of CHP and power station plant shown (potential sources of heat)

• local authority & regional boundaries

• ceo.decc.gov.uk/nationalheatmap/

SOUTH WEST HEATMAP

PLYMOUTH

TAUNTON

HILLS REVIEW LAUNCH

• excellent talk by Professor John Hills

• very interesting political points made; e.g. exchequer or energy company funded?

• definition about right

• lot of work now to be done to estimate & map numbers in our areas

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