1. LGA update on energy, fuel poverty and climate local
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2. Energy and local government
Energy as part of national infrastructure:
Councils need stability and the confidence to invest long term
Important role for councils in local decisions on energy infrastructure
Scope for councils to reduce their costs through reducing energy use in buildings and the wider council estate

3. Lobbying government on policy gaps:
Locally energy companies - e.g Cornwall devolution work, Nottingham, Bristol, Southend
Lobbying government on policy gaps:
Domestic energy efficiency – where next after Green Deal and ECO
Making sense of new regulations for the private rented sector

4. DECC priorities - 1 From Departmental business plan 2015-2020
Objective:
Keep energy bills as low as possible for households and businesses
Action:
Reduce subsidies and cost of ECO
Insulate a million homes by 2020
Target energy efficiency at those most in need

5. DECC 2 – reducing carbon
Commitments include action to decarbonise heating supplies
Plans expected later this year on meeting carbon target
Also – investment in local heat infrastructure and renewable heat incentive

6. Opportunities to influence
Nationally
National and local
DECC select committee on home energy efficiency and energy demand
Consultation on replacement for ECO
Making the case for savings in health
Ambitions for increased house building/regeneration

7. Fuel poverty – LGA view
We need investment in energy efficiency to reduce energy bills in the long term
Councils are best placed to lead and commission local work to tackle fuel poverty – they should have control of ECO and other funding
Green Deal and ECO are too complex. Replacements need to be easier for councils and residents to access

8. Climate local – next steps
Climate Local national conference 22 March 2016
Current arrangement between the Environment Agency and LGA comes to an end in March
Working on legacy and next steps, details to be announced later this month

9. Opportunities to influence
DECC select committee into home energy efficiency and demand reduction

10. LGA guide for councillors and officers