Home Energy Savings Programme• Announced by PM on 11 September• £1bn package, including:

o increase in existing obligation on energy suppliers to promote energy efficiency measures (CERT)

o a new Community Energy Savings Programme at local level

o more spending on Warm Front, providing central heating and other measures for low income families

o Energy Efficiency Employment Initiative, providing retraining

o joint Government/business campaign to “save money, save energy”

o trebling of cold weather payments to £25 per week

Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP)

HECA meeting

Camden Town Hall, 21st January 2009

CESP - What Ministers have said:

• a new £350m Community Energy Saving Programme.... will carry out house-to-house calls to offer help in some of the most deprived areas of the UK. This could result in as many as 100 schemes across the country.

• ..offering free and discounted central heating, energy efficiency measures and benefit checks.

• Will be a visible and community-based approach to the energy efficiency programme, where every household in a neighbourhood has the best possible package of help by offering face-to-face contact and advice

• designed to help households save energy and save money

CESP – key features

• Obligation on suppliers and generators will be based on targets based on carbon savings

• ...but fuel bill savings for households also a factor• Localised in limited number of areas round the

country• Areas will be deprived/lower-income • Intensive whole house/whole street approach• Community-focused, partnership approach

Areas/communities

• How big is an area – how many households– 50-100 projects/100,000 households in total?

• Is low average income the best criterion ? – simple, links to fuel poverty

• Balance between prescription and flexibility

Community partnership

• What does “partnership” mean – how can partners add value

• Who are the best partners – Local authorities– others

• How ready are potential partners to play a role• Any need for some sort of facilitation or will

partnerships develop naturally • Can partnership leverage in extra funding

Approach

• What does “whole house” mean– What about hard-to-treat homes.. and homes that are already part-treated...and flats

• What does “whole street” mean• Does whole house/whole street approach

imply:– role for community heating projects?– role for behaviour-change measures?

Next steps

• Continuing engagement with stakeholders• Formal public consultation shortly• Roadshows• Draft statutory instrument early 2009• Scheme to come into force for winter 2009

Contact details -

Colin MacleodCommunity Energy Savings Programme

Department of Energy and Climate ChangeArea 2D

3-8 Whitehall PlaceLondon

colin.macleod@decc.gsi.gov.uk

0207 238 4943