Government policies
Energy efficiency commitment
| Starting dates |
2002: introduced 2004: proposal to continue to at least 2008 |
|---|---|
| Key department | DEFRA |
| Key delivery agency | Energy suppliers |
| Budget/target/comment | Requires electricity and gas suppliers to meet targets for domestic energy efficiency and forces them to focus at least half of the resulting activities on low income consumers. Focused on those in social housing. Ofgem estimates that around 5 million low-income households will have benefited by 2005. |