1. Assisted Connections Fuel Poverty Funding Insaf Ahamed 19 March 2014

2. 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. 3 Scotia Gas Networks Structure

4. 4 Scotia Gas Networks

5. 5 Southern Gas Networks

6. 6 Assisted Connections Free Gas Connections?

7. 7 Up to £2,423.83 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. 8 5.2m households in UK live in fuel poverty (FP) in 2010 376,000 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 England3,900,00018.0%21,600,000 Scotland 684,00028.9% 2,368,000 Wales 332,00026.2% 1,268,000 Northern Ireland 294,00042.0% 701,500 United Kingdom5,218,00020.1%25,937,500

9. 9 Southern Gas Networks IMD

10. 10 What have we achieved? 2009 - 2013

11. 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. 12 Fuel Poor: 2013-21 RIIO Scotland target 11,000 over 8 years Scotland completed 4,514 Southern target 9,000 over 8 years Southern completed 781

13. 13 Case Studies

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

15. 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. 16 Questions?