It will support energy-saving upgrades in more than one million homes over the next three and half years

Two consultations have been launched on the Energy Company Obligation and Warm Home Discount schemes

The role of energy suppliers as the primary route in funding and delivering low carbon support schemes should be reconsidered. That’s the suggestion from Ofgem in response to BEIS’ consultation on building a market for energy efficiency. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, suppliers with more than 250,000 household customers are obliged to help […]

Just 6% of all households in the UK had a measure installed under Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding, as of December 2016. That’s according to the Office for National Statistics’ latest data on the scheme, which aims to reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. It does so through larger energy suppliers funding the installation […]

The UK Government has pledged to provide more help for householders struggling to pay their energy bills. It has published reforms to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, through which large suppliers have to deliver energy efficiency measures to homes in Britain. Launched in January 2013, it has delivered energy efficiency measures to 1.6 million […]

Householders could have £195 million added on their energy bills as a result of one of the requirements proposed in Ofgem’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. That’s the claim from energy efficiency surveys company EUM in response to the consultation on “requirements for demonstrating characteristics of hard-to-treat cavities”. Energy suppliers are obliged to improve the […]

British Gas has launched a new online tool to help homeowners check what energy saving measures they are entitled to under the Government’s Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) schemes. The Green Deal meets the upfront costs of eco-improvements with a loan paid back through energy savings, while ECO sets energy companies targets for […]

The UK Government is being urged to take action and “not just notes” in getting the country out of recession by implementing a policy for energy efficiency. Environmental group WWF made the comment as it welcomed a new report by Consumer Focus, which suggested investing in energy efficiency schemes would not only mean warmer homes […]

DECC has released a consultation on implementing “in-use” factors in the ECO scheme. The Energy Company Obligation is a subsidy paid to energy companies for putting in measures to help the vulnerable and fuel poor by heating and insulating their homes. The “in-use” factors are applied to the performance of different insulation measures, which is […]

A new group met for the first time today to discuss how the poor and vulnerable in society can get benefits from the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO). The ‘Green Deal Hard to Reach Households Panel’ will help DECC identify the main reasons that could be preventing vulnerable households from accessing the programmes. […]