OPINION: REGULATIONS
STEP BY STEP
Ministers are determined that the Green Deal will start in October. Hywel Davies provides an update on latest developments and announcements
In mid-June the Department of Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) published a package of draft regulations, consultation responses and research findings ahead of the October launch of the Green Deal. Last November’s consultation on the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) received more than 600 responses, with the focus of much comment on the financial aspects of the scheme. These include the interest rate, reducing industry costs, improving behind-the-scenes
ADDITIONAL NON- DOMESTIC GREEN DEAL QUALIFYING MEASURES:
Chillers; duct insulation; heating ventilation and air-conditioning controls (including zoning controls); hot water controls (including timers and temperature controls); hot water showers; systems and taps; pipework insulation; radiant heating; sealing improvements (including duct sealing); solar blinds; shutters and shading devices; transpired solar collectors; variable speed drives for fans and pumps; and water source heat pumps.
There is greater emphasis on fuel poverty and energy efficiency
operations and revising the workings of the ECO. There was also considerable demand for stronger consumer protection measures, a topic still causing some concern to bodies such as Which?, the consumer group. The full response runs to more than 100 pages. In addition, there are more than
two dozen separate documents: draft regulations, consumer research, a business survey, a code of practice for the green deal, modifications to energy supply licenses and a final impact assessment. These are intended by DECC to ‘give industry the green light to bring the Green Deal energy efficiency market into operation, alongside measures to strengthen consumer protection and reduce industry burdens and introducing a new, improved energy company obligation (ECO)’. There is a greater emphasis on fuel
poverty and energy efficiency and heating improvements to the homes of an estimated 230,000 households each year in low-income areas, which is 100,000 more than originally planned. This is part of a package of fuel
poverty and climate change support measures across Great Britain said to
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be worth around £1.3bn a year. Announcing the package,
the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, said: ‘Today I have published the Government’s detailed plans along with legislation that will allow the industry to bring the Green Deal into existence. The Green Deal will play a huge role in improving the energy efficiency of our homes and businesses, with ECO making sure that the most vulnerable homes benefit too.’
Measures in place Meanwhile there have been several other steps to prepare for the October launch of the Green Deal. A new Energy Saving Advice Service, run by the Energy Saving Trust, opened in April to give information and advice on energy saving to householders and non-domestic customers. From October this advice line
is intended to support consumer confidence in the Green Deal with impartial advice and, where appropriate, referrals to authorised Green Deal participants. It will also be an entry point for those who may qualify for extra help through the ECO arrangements.
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