Fuel Poverty

Fuel-poor households are to benefit from a further £16 million investment to improve energy efficiency in their homes. The money will be used to improve insulation and install energy efficient heating systems, including those using renewable technology, contributing to Scotland’s net zer

Sarah Stewart from Burness Paull considers the Scottish Government's Heat Networks Bill and its impact on the housing and heating industries. District heating, also known as a heat network, is a distribution system of insulated pipes that takes heat from a central source and delivers it to a number

The Scottish Government has said it will invest nearly £1.6 billion to directly support up to 5,000 jobs and tackle fuel poverty as part of its plans to drive Scotland’s green recovery and end its contribution to climate change. Part of an enhanced Green New Deal, the investment wil

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is providing assistance to those who are struggling with fuel poverty by offering fuel vouchers to local residents.  Using funding secured from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund, via Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), HHP c

New guidance for developers on connecting to or creating district heating systems in Dundee could be set for consultation.

The Scottish Government yesterday laid legislation to enable the delivery of the new Child Winter Heating Assistance. It is the first disability benefit to be introduced using new social security powers.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is encouraging its members with experience of heat networks to help the organisation inform its evidence to the Scottish Parliament on the Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill.

East Lothian Council has today launched a new project which will offer affordable, sustainable and fair energy for all residents as part of a joint commitment to help eradicate fuel poverty. Powered by People’s Energy, the UK’s only community interest company energy supplier,&n

The UK Government's Warm Home Discount scheme (WHD) is seen as vital by those who receive it but it is failing to help significant numbers of people in Scotland who are in fuel poverty, according to new research by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) and Changeworks. The WHD scheme, which was f

Energy provider People’s Energy is expanding to create an initial 100 new jobs over the next few months after it joined South of Scotland Enterprise as new tenants of Ettrick Riverside Office Space in Selkirk.

A Commission established to make recommendations to ministers on how Scotland can transition to a net-zero economy by 2045 while mitigating risks that could arise in relation to fuel poverty, among other things, has issued its first report.

Energy Action Scotland (EAS) has called on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to intervene as energy companies across Scotland are permitted to pursue unpaid energy bills amid the coronavirus crisis. 

The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme) reopened its eighth funding round for applications last week with £13 million available to charities in Great Britain.

Retrofitting buildings is one of a number of key actions the Scottish Government should undertake to ensure Scotland’s post-COVID-19 sets a path to net zero, according to a group of civic and business leaders.

A national scheme to help reduce people’s fuel bills restarted yesterday, bringing more than 300 staff out of furlough to start installing energy efficiency measures in people’s homes.