- Reference Number:
- 11D/886
- Open Date:
- 23/11/2011
- Close Date:
- 18/01/2012
This consultation seeks your views on the details of the Green Deal and ECO policies that are to be implemented in secondary legislation and under the energy licensing framework. We would like to hear from as wide a range of stakeholders as we can including, in particular, those organisations with an interest in operating within the framework and members of the general public including those who might be considering investing in energy efficiency.
The Energy Act 2011 made provisions for the development of a Green Deal and a new Energy Company Obligation (ECO) to replace the existing Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), which will both expire in 2012.
Green Deal is a market led framework that will allow individuals and businesses to make energy efficiency improvements to their buildings at no upfront cost. Central to the Green Deal is a finance mechanism that will allow access to the finance needed for the improvements with repayment, in instalments, attached to the electricity bill.
Underpinning the delivery of the Green Deal is the ECO. ECO will place one or more obligations on energy companies requiring them to generate a specific amount of credit by facilitating the installation of energy efficiency measures in homes in Great Britain before a set deadline. ECO has been designed to fit within the Green Deal framework and provide support, in the domestic sector, where Green Deal finance alone is not enough.
How to respond
We would prefer if you respond to the consultation online. If you are unable to use this medium, a copy of the consultation response form is available electronically below. If you decide to respond this way, the form can be submitted by email to greendealandecoconsultation@decc.gsi.gov.uk and by post to the address below.
Consultation documents
Alongside the consultation document we have also published a number of other documents designed to give respondents the fullest possible understanding of the Government’s analysis to date.
In order to support stakeholders in developing responses to the consultation we produced a number of additional documents, which sought to expand upon or clarify some of the issues under discussion. These can be found below:
Customer Insight
Non-domestic Green Deal
The following documents show the work that DECC undertook, with the assistance of Carbon Trust and AEA, to examine how the Green Deal might be applied to a number of different premises within different sectors of the economy. The findings based on this modelling inform the likely payback expected when different measures and costs of finance are applied to different sectors within the economy. This insight has been used to inform the expected levels of take-up of the Green Deal in the Impact Assessment.
Green Deal Modelling
Local Authorities and the Green Deal
Call for Evidence on the Cost and Benefits of Energy Efficiency Measures
The call for Evidence on the costs and benefits of energy efficiency measures conducted by the Energy Efficiency Partnerships for Homes on behalf of DECC closed in Spring 2011. The purpose of this was to identify gaps in the evidence base and approximately 300 responses were received. The information has been analysed and a summary of how the information was used will be published shortly.
