Fuel Poverty Forum North East England

Victoria Eynonproject development coordinator

1981 - 861986 - 89

500,000th home insulated

Minister for Social Development at NEA conference, Ireland

2000 - 012006 - 2012

NEA trials of heat pumps help raise profile in Warm Front/Green Deal

English regionNumber of households1

Number of households in fuel poverty1

% of households fuel poor

West Midlands 2,244,928 589,004 26.2%

North East 1,127,904 271,519 24.1%

North West 2,938,918 649,201 22.1%East Midlands 1,862,121 398,478 21.4%

Yorkshire and the Humber 2,231,195 444,182 19.9%

Average 19.3%

South West 2,229,058 411,080 18.4%

East of England 2,388,522 387,672 16.2%

London 3,030,780 401,859 13.3%

South East 3,481,988 410,928 11.8%

Source: DECC 2011

Excess Winter Deaths: Regional and national change 2009/10 – 2010/11

North east provisional increase of 290 EWD Increase of 26.1% on the index

Excess Winter Death Index (%) and percent increase in number of EWDs in 2010/11 over 2009/10

-20.0

-15.0

-10.0

-5.0

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

North East North West Yorkshireand theHumber

EastMidlands

WestMidlands

East London South East South West Wales England England andWales

(%)

EWDI % 09/10 EWDI % 10/11 EWD % increase over 09/10

Green Deal Consultation• Consultation closed 18th Jan• Detail (secondary legislation spring 2012)

• All eyes on ECO• Warm Front and CERT priority approx

£950 million p/a• ECO fuel poor £325 million

NEA proposals• All ECO obligation for low-income

households• Carbon reduction element can also

focus on the fuel poor, and particularly on solid wall insulation

• Local government should be at the heart of a co-ordinated approach

“We call on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super energy efficient - driving down our energy bills forever. “

Fuel Poverty Review• Fuel poverty is a serious social problem

distinct from general financial disadvantage.

• New definition proposes using poverty indicator and ‘median needed spend threshold.’

• Reduces fuel poverty from 3.9m to 2.7million in England

• Does ‘median needed spend’ mean affordable spend?

– energy prices can double without increasing fuel poverty under new measurement

• Further report in January• Concentrate on policies/programmes that

deliver help• Feed comments to Ron Campbell at NEA

Check, Switch, Insulate• Following October Energy Summit

• suppliers will write to quarterly credit customers encouraging them to change payment method

• Suppliers will include a signpost on bills to enable price comparison

• Suppliers will look into web-based tool to enable individual comparison

• Encourage take up of insulation for SP group

Breakdown of average domestic gas, electricity and energy bill in 2011

Real 2010 prices Gas bill Electricity bill Energy bill

Wholesale energy cost

£339 (51%) £261 (43%) £600 (48%)

Transmission, distribution and metering

£125 (21%) £113 (19%) £238 (19%)

Supplier costs and margins

£137 (21%) £136 (23%) £273 (22%)

Energy and climate change policies:

£28 (4%) £61 (10%) £89 (7%)

CERT extension £20 (3%) £17 (3%) £38 (3%)

EU Emissions Trading System

N/A £20 (3%) £20 (2%)

RO N/A £17 (3%) £17 (1%)Warm Home Discount

£6 (1%) £5 (1%) £10 (1%)

Community Energy Saving Programme

£2 (0%) £1 (0%) £3 (0%)

Feed-in-Tariffs N/A £1 (0%) £1 (0%)

Better billing £0 (0%) £0 (0%) £0 (0%)

VAT (5%) £31 (5%) £29 (5%) £60 (5%)Total £660 £600 £1,260

Breakdown of average domestic gas, electricity and energy bill in 2011

Winter Health Initiative• Extra £10 million for Warm Front• £20 million Warm Homes Healthy

People fund • Cold Weather Plan • “Getting Ready for Winter” websiteThrough direct.gov.uk

Incentives for renewables

• FiT reduced from Dec 12th

• RHPP for domestic sector• RHI under development for

domestic sector• Eligible for both?

OFT off-grid energy market report

• Heating oil costs largely reflect global market costs

• Peak demand in December 2010 resulted in peak pricing

• Barriers to uptake remain for microgeneration • LPG more competitive

Plug the debt• 1,000,000 electricity accounts and over• 900,000 gas accounts are in arrears and

repaying debt to the supplier (but these are formal arrangements only).

Main five messages?

Tell supplier you’re struggling; tell them what you can afford to pay; HomeHeatHelpline; switch; CAB

Warm Front• Assistance is still available• It is not being taken up

• Understand the criteria • Please encourage referrals

Interesting reports• JRF, The distribution of UK household CO2 emissions:

Interim report, Nov 2011

www.jrf.org.uk/focus-issue/climate-change

• Eaga Charitable Trust, The role of microgeneration technologies in alleviating fuel poverty, 2011

• Ofgem, Monitoring supplier’s social spend, Nov 2011

• CCC, Household energy bills –impacts of meeting carbon budgets, Sept 2011

• FPAG, 9th Annual Review

Training at NEA

Making it HappenOur vision is:

To be a major contributor to the energy skills market through the development and delivery of quality assured, certificated training courses

We offer bespoke training specifically designed to meet your requirements

We offer ‘off-the-shelf’ courses with qualifications or CPD certificates

We offer pick and mixWe provide educational and training resourcesWe develop new qualifications based upon market needs

and trendsWe can offer face-to-face or telephone discussions to guide

you to determine your training requirements

All of NEA’s Trainers are experienced and qualified All NEA Accredited courses are cited in C&G’s new Green

Deal catalogue

Current Training ProvisionCourse Audience

Energy Awareness C&G’s 6281/013 day training + 1 day exam

FU’s; LA’s; HA’s; Advice agencies; DEA agencies; academies; potential Green Deal Advisors

Renewable Energy in the Home C&G’s 6281/022 day training + 1 day exam

FU’s; LA’s; HA’s; Advice agencies; DEA agencies; academies

Provide Energy Efficiency Services NVQ

All face-to-face advice workers

Fuel Debt Advice CAB’s; Age UK; FU’s; LA’s; ESTAC’s

Train the Trainer – Keep Warm, Save Money (1 day non accredited)

Anyone working in the community and commissioned with delivering presentations

Fuel Poverty within Social Housing Social housing sector

Fuel Poverty and Health Health professionals and Care Services

Delivering Advice to Priority Customers Fuel Utilities

Elected Member Energy Efficiency Councillors

How we deliver training

In-house: If you have large groups of trainees (up to 12 for accredited courses and up to 20 for all others) and you provide the venue, then we will come to you.

Multiple courses: If you wish to purchase multiple courses then contact NEA’s Training & Development Manager, Denise Howell to discuss potential discounts and best options available for your needs.

Open Access: If you only wish to put one or two people through accredited training then we programme in venues in the major cities throughout the country and promote those through our website; emails and postal mail-outs.

http://www.nea.org.uk/nea-training-marketing/

Combined offering: If you can only pull together a few learners of your own then why don’t you partner with a neighbouring organisation and share the cost of an in-house course.

Or alternatively: let us know how many people you can get together and where and when you would like the training, and our Training Co-ordinator, Lynsey Thompson will be pleased to assist with recruitment.

Currently under development Domestic Green Deal Advisor course- being developed in accordance with the governments national occupational

standards for green deal advisors and recommended learning syllabus (not yet agreed)

Delivering Energy Efficiency Projects- A level 4 qualification for those advisors who already hold the 6281/01 (or

previous 6176/01) qualification or who are delivering projects and come with knowledge but require a formal, higher level qualification

5 Level 1 qualifications with in-built literacy and numeracy- C&G’s 6281-10 The principles of fuel consumption in the home- C&G’s 6281-11 The principles of renewable electricity- C&G’s 6281-12 The Principles of renewable heat- C&G’s 6281-13 The principles of heat loss and insulation- C&G’s 6281-14 The principles of space and water heating

E-learning and E-assessments for NEA’s Energy Awareness course and C&G’s 6281/01 examinations available from next year and specifically aimed at engaging with colleges and academies

All of the above will be ready for delivery and piloted during 2012

For further information please contact lynsey.thompson@nea.org.uk Telephone 0191 2692931

Any Questions?