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Home energy security strategy: the permanent solution for lower bills | |
Juliet Phillips Colm Britchfield Pedro Guertler | |
2022-06-07 | |
出版年 | 2022 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
英文摘要 | Across the UK, millions of families are struggling under the weight of spiralling costs of living. Soaring energy prices are a key driver. Despite the welcome one-off support recently announced by the Chancellor, the situation is unlikely to improve in the short or medium term. Ofgem has predicted that the energy price cap will hit £2,800 in October. The underlying volatility in the price of oil and gas causing the price spike is not predicted to subside for the foreseeable future. Analysts predict that wholesale prices will remain above 2021 levels until at least 2030. The government has provided £37bn this year just to keep people afloat. Investing now in long-term, enduring solutions can prevent similar sums from being required up to 2030 and potentially beyond. The government could act now to reliably lower bills by launching a national mission to upgrade the UK’s cold and leaky homes. When the energy price cap rises again in October, the average household in a home with an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D or below – at least 15.3 million UK households – will pay an ‘inefficiency penalty’ of £916 more per year for adequate heating than the average household living in a home rated EPC C or better. If every home below EPC C was improved, the aggregate bill saving would be £10.6bn each year at today’s prices. The UK spends more money on energy wasted through the walls and roofs of our houses than any other country in Western Europe – leaving families poorer, unhealthier and colder. Given the new energy context we are all living in, this cannot be allowed to continue. The Home Energy Security Strategy calls on the government to:
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来源平台 | E3G |
文献类型 | 科技报告 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/350066 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Juliet Phillips Colm Britchfield Pedro Guertler. Home energy security strategy: the permanent solution for lower bills,2022. |
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