The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation

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.

Contact us

Tel:
0300 068 6324
Email:
greendealandecoconsultation@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Post:
Green Deal and ECO Consultation
Green Deal Legislation Team Department of Energy & Climate Change
1st Floor Area D, 3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW

Message from Greg Barker, Minister of State

Greg Barker introduces the Green Deal consultation 23 November 2011

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Related additional documents

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.

Alternative versions of the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation document

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  • Braille version (the files will need to be extracted from this Zip file)

To download the files from the website you will need to have the Duxbury programme to open the file or an embosser to send the file to print to using the method in which you would normally print braille files (this will vary depending on the type of embosser you have ). The digital ascii braille files are compatible with Duxbury and can be opened using the following instructions:

  • Right click on file attachment
  • Select open with
  • Select Duxbury from the list of programmes
  • File opens with Duxbury
  • Print if required

Contents

Volume 1: General Information – Executive Summary point 35 (approximately 70 pages)
Volume 2: Executive Summary point 36 – Chapter 2. Section 2.1 Introduction paragraph 6 (approximately 76 pages)
Volume 3: Chapter 2, section 2.2 Green Deal Measures paragraph 7 – Chapter 3, section 3.3, The Green Deal Plan paragraph 44 (approximately 79 pages)
Volume 4: Chapter 3, section 3.4, Consumer Credit Act and the Green Deal Plan paragraph 45 – Chapter 5, section 5.2, Eligibility for Support Under ECO paragraph 31 (approximately 71 pages))
Volume 5: Chapter 5, section 5.3 Delivering Equity Under the Energy Company Obligation paragraph 32 – Chapter 6, section 6.5 Circumstances Requiring Early Repayment of Green Deal Plans (approximately 57 pages)
Volume 6: Chapter 7,Installation - Chapter 9, Devolution and ECO (approximately 75 pages)
Volume 7: Chapter 10 Consumer Protection – Chapter 12 Administration and Enforcement of ECO (approximately 72 pages)
Volume 8: Glossary (40 pages)

Hard copies

Hard copies of the Audio and Braille versions of the consultation document are available on request. Please contact us at the address above to request a copy.

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