In response to Committee on Climate Change (CCC) recommendations, the government has announced plans to improve building energy efficiency and decarbonise transport. In the Tuesday 15 October response, the government said it would introduce: proposals to improve the energy performance of non-domestic buildings – potentially saving businesses around £1bn per…
On Thursday 10 October, BEIS initiated a consultation which will advise the design of the £315mn Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IEFTF). IEFTF is intended to provide funding for capital investment in energy efficiency and decarbonisation over the period to 2023-24. The consultation, which closes on 21 November 2019, seeks to…
BEIS issued an updated Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) for the smart metering programme on Monday 16 September, alongside a consultation proposing requirements for suppliers to meet annual installation milestones to support the completion of market-wide smart metering by 2024. The government is still committed to ensuring that every home is…
BEIS has announced that two projects, both of which commenced in April 2019, have been awarded a total of £2.7mn to design, build, test and undertake the trialling of demand management devices in over 100 households with EVs. Published on Wednesday 4 September the announcement confirmed that an EDMI-led consortium…
On Tuesday 23 July, BEIS announced a consultation on proposed changes to the current Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) scheme. Proposed changes include incorporating the TrustMark Government Endorsed Quality scheme into ECO3 as a route to demonstrating compliance with the most up to date relevant standards and ensuring a sufficient consumer…
A call for evidence on barriers and new routes to markets for energy efficiency was published by BEIS on Monday 22 July. It seeks views on how to leverage current markets to facilitate energy efficiency, the design of new markets and mechanisms to support energy efficiency, and the benefits of…
Proposals to update the government’s Fuel Poverty Strategy were published on Monday 22 July. Key measures include broadening how fuel poverty is measured to include a ‘Low Income Low Energy Efficiency’ metric which captures all low income households living in inefficient homes based on Energy Performance Certificates. It also proposed…
BEIS published its final evaluation report for the Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) pilot on Monday 22 July. The pilot offered financial incentives to organisations in Great Britain to deliver significant reductions in peak electricity demand, through the installation of lasting energy efficiency measures such as more efficient lighting systems or…
A government consultation issued on Monday 22 July is seeking views on the emerging findings from the ongoing ‘Review of Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) Delivery and Investment Frameworks’. The document seeks comments on CCUS specific risks, CO2 transport and storage business models, electricity generation CCUS business models, industrial…
BEIS and Ofgem have published an open letter addressed to the Energy Networks Association (ENA) making recommendations on how energy networks can act on the Open Networks project. The key recommendations to the ENA are to standardise the processes and methodologies for flexibility procurement across DNO/DSOs; ensure transparency in evaluating…