Assisted Connections Fuel Poverty Funding Insaf Ahamed 19 March 2014

2 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 andsouth-east of England Scotia Gas Networks

3 Scotia Gas Networks Structure

4 Scotia Gas Networks

5 Southern Gas Networks

6 Assisted Connections Free Gas Connections?

7 Up to £2, 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

8 5.2m households in UK live in fuel poverty (FP) in ,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 CountryNo. of households% of householdsTotal households England3,900, %21,600,000 Scotland 684, % 2,368,000 Wales 332, % 1,268,000 Northern Ireland 294, % 701,500 United Kingdom5,218, %25,937,500

9 Southern Gas Networks IMD

10 What have we achieved?

11 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

12 Fuel Poor: RIIO Scotland target 11,000 over 8 years Scotland completed 4,514 Southern target 9,000 over 8 years Southern completed 781

13 Case Studies

14 Kingfisher Mobile Home Park, Bournemouth 12 Park Homes Connected Over £29,000 Assisted Connections funding Joint trenching

15 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

16 Questions?