In response to the ECO consultation, DECC have recently announced new 2030 fuel poverty target to significantly improve the energy efficiency of vulnerable households as well as providing an ECO update.
Please find DECC’s online press release here
The government confirms that:
- The level of ECO activity directed at low income and vulnerable households will be maintained – worth around £520 million per year, supporting 260,000 households on average every year
- The carbon-saving elements of the scheme will change, taking an average of £30-£35 off household energy bills this year, making up part of the £50 off bills announced last December
- The scheme will be extended for a new period so that it will expire in 2017, rather than 2015.