East Midlands CAN Post election policy update 20 th July 2015

What policy achievements have we all helped secure in …… Fuel Poverty strategy Policy rebate Extension to ECO PRS regulations Key manifesto commitments Labour support CHF and extension of FPGNES GNs/DNOs re vulnerable customers Health booster fund and NICE guidance NIESP extension New Welsh energy efficiency and NEST extension

Update on fuel poverty across UK and England 4.5m FP households England 2.35 million, a slight decrease 10.4% of all English households £1 billion pounds FP Gap poverty-statistics

Closing the funding gap is our key challenge FP support will expire by 2017: 541,000 FP households that could benefit from cavity wall insulation, 967,000 from loft insulation (<150mm), 1,180,000 from solid wall insulation 145,000 from new central heating systems In 2013, 16.3 million homes (70%) could theoretically benefit from one improvement measure - improving loft insulation or a boiler upgrade. CCC estimates an investment of £1.2bn to 1.8bn needed to bring households to EPC Band C by Current resources are less than half what is required. Verco estimates at £2.6bn pa to improve homes of all 4.7m low income households to Band C by 2025.

The difference we could make – national benefits Adequate investment contributes 26% reduction in imports of natural gas in 2030, worth £2.7bn Saving £8.61 billion per annum in total energy costs £3.20 return GDP per £1 Gov investment Increase relative GDP by 0.6% by 2030 Increased employment by up to 108,000 net jobs 23.6MtCO2 reductions per annum by 2030

Priority 2 – Targeted activity for off-gas households Recognition off-gas households have deepest levels of fuel poverty New interactive mapping for off-gas homes imminent Need for joint up delivery among GNs & utilities Test market based capitalisation models Provide joined up advice

Priority 3 – Acting on the cost and suffering of cold homes NICE guidance and recs are a major coup and opportunity DECC funded research provided oversight Redress programme focus on health based activity Monitor Health and Wellbeing Boards NICE guidance HWBs prioritised fuel poverty Campaign to protect ring-fenced health funding

Priority 4 – Future of ECO and ensuring we address an over- reliance on supplier led delivery (part 1) NEA supports continuing ECO, dependant upon: Greater targeting of low-income households Moving away from single measures Ensuring quantifiable contribution to the new FP targets Guaranteeing access for vulnerable households Active monitoring of capital contributions Must introduce additional, complimentary funding streams

A new model? We want your views: Be tax-funded Allocated to delivery consortia and/or LAs or social housing providers This funding could then be topped-up by a competition based award for more ambitious projects. Need to think more about the opportunities and threats around any new models

Other announcements/priorities Loss of zero carbon homes New Green Levy Review Extending Warm Home Discount Smart roll-out and CMA New Energy Bill Implementing Fuel Poverty Monitor reqs & CCC Tracking adoption of new NICE guidance Priority Services Register consultation Fuel Poverty Strategy – First annual debate expected in autumn

Come to NEA Conference for further update….. Sheffield City Hall 14 th -16 th September