Commenting on the publication of the Government's Energy Security Strategy, E.ON UK CEO, Michael Lewis, said:

“We needed an Energy Security Strategy to set a course for a zero carbon future and to help protect customers from the savage increases in energy bills sparked by the global energy crisis. We got neither.

“Energy efficiency is the fabled ‘silver bullet’ for a future energy system: it cuts bills and carbon emissions today, it creates jobs and it reduces our reliance on foreign gas. By abandoning any extra commitment to helping people to improve their homes, today’s announcement condemns thousands more customers to living in cold and draughty homes, wasting energy and paying more than they need to for their heating. 

“We all know energy bills could rise sharply again ahead of winter. The Energy Security Strategy was a chance to help people prepare and ensure they pay less should the worst happen but there is little in today’s announcement that will deliver a solution this decade, let alone this year. We’ll continue to urge Government to step up and invest more in an expanded Energy Company Obligation that helps struggling households live in warmer and cheaper homes.”

(Pictured above: An E.ON energy efficiency project in partnership with the Highlands Council)

Our Carbon Countdown: Road to 2030 white paper looks at the changes needed in our homes, our businesses and our city infrastructures in order to reach a net zero future. We examine how far and how fast that acceleration needs to go in order to get there, what we can all do to speed things up, and policies needed to ensure the country is able to achieve those ambitions.

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