CAN Training Day Conference 5 January 2014Jenny Holland
Head of Parliamentary Team, [email protected]
Association for the Conservation of Energy
The Fuel Poverty Crisis
6.59 million UK households in fuel poverty in 2014
1.9 m children in fuel povertyin England
Twice the risk of respiratory diseases
Quadruple the risk of mental health problems
Children in fuel poverty in UK
Netmums Survey – 1 in 4 members choosing between heating and eating
Elderly in fuel poverty in UK
31,000 Excess Winter Deaths last winter: • 29% up on previous year
• One person dying every 6 minutes from the cold
Rising Energy Bills
Energy bills have more than doubled since 2005
UK : bottom of Western Europe Fuel Poverty League Table
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Average household's expenditure on energy
The Cause:The woeful state of Britain’s homes
Poor energy performance = high risk of fuel poverty
Climate change: homes
25% of carbon emissions
The long-term solution
Massive improvement in energy performance
UK : funding reduced for fuel poor
Government tells Energy & Climate Change Select Committee:
“Neither the Government’s commitment to fuel poverty nor the spending directed towards it has diminished. Spending will, in fact, be higher in 2014/15 than it was in 2009/10.”
UK : funding reduced for fuel poor
NOT TRUE!• Income support for fuel poor cut by 28%• Energy efficiency support for fuel poor reduced by
20% in 2014/15• Warm Front axed last year - only Exchequer-funded
energy efficiency programme• Just £1 in every £6.50 of Government spending goes
on making homes energy efficient
The Ask
To use carbon revenues massively to improve energy performance
of our homes
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The Carbon Revenue Prize
£60 Billion
Enough to hugely improve 9 million homes
The long term revenue stream
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Carbon revenues grow from £2 billion to £8 billion per year over 15 years
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What could we achieve in a fuel poor home?
The Impact: 2015-2025
• 9 million homes fuel poverty-proofed
•Quadrupled carbon savings
•Generation of 128,000 jobs
Biggest Fuel Poverty
Alliance Ever Created in UK
Public Meetings Across UK
Media Coverage
Generating moremedia coverageeverymonth
The macro-economic case
Cambridge Econometrics: Economic Impacts
• Short term investment stimulus– generates up to 71,000 jobs in 2015– boosts economic output more than VAT cuts, fuel duty reductions and government
spending– Best for growth
• Long term economic gains– Up to 128,000 jobs in 2027– Lower gas imports– extra domestic spending– Best for growth
Political Support Grows
• 209 MPs in support
• Third most supported petition in Parliament out of 1330
• Liberal Democrats adopt as official party policy
• Labour getting warmer
Target: Manifesto Commitments
Re-building Homes: The Number 1 Infrastructure Priority
Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February
Go to www.energybillrevolution.org and get involved!
Cold Homes Week, 3-7 February• Get tweeting – using #ColdHomesWeek hashtag• Email your MP via energybillrevolution.org• Show your support with a selfie in a scarf – via Twitter or
Facebook or to [email protected]
www.energybillrevolution.org
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Together we can end the scourge of fuel poverty and make warm homes
affordable for everyone
THANK YOU