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Looking forward to what should be an interesting discussion on the #EnergySecurityStrategy and whether it will deliver clean, affordable energy for British consumers #BeesleyLectures 
Chair @UKERCHQβs opens the lecture by noting that #EnergySecurity has gone up the political agenda not just in π¬π§ but across Europe, noting in particular political developments in π©πͺ over coal & LNG vs nuclear power #BeesleyLecture
Returning to the π¬π§, Maclean ponders the fate of the #EnergySecurityBill, and whether BEIS Minister Schapps will continue Rees-Moggs planned review of the Bill #BeesleyLecture
What should the Govt's #energysecuritystrategy have contained in terms of short-term help for people struggling with their bills? THREAD. 1/10.
1. Energy efficiency
With changes to supply taking years to deliver, measures to reduce demand could have been a short-term way to support families with the higher cost of energy. Energy efficiency measures would have made an esp large difference to low-income households...2/10.
With changes to supply taking years to deliver, measures to reduce demand could have been a short-term way to support families with the higher cost of energy. Energy efficiency measures would have made an esp large difference to low-income households...2/10.
...given that 49% of the poorest 1/5 people live in homes with uninsulated walls. One obvious policy option would have been to bolster the Energy Company Obligation scheme with taxpayer funds. This would have provided highly targeted support...3/10.
On missing energy efficiency in the #energysecuritystrategy and HMT ostrich-ism
Here is what's happened in the UK over the last decade. UK has some of draughtiest and least efficient housing stock in Europe
Here is what's happened in the UK over the last decade. UK has some of draughtiest and least efficient housing stock in Europe
Here is what @theCCCuk said about heat & buildings strat in Oct: βthe lack of an integrated offer on home retrofit for the majority of households remains a real source of concernβ
CCC and others have made the comparison with Germany - where a decades long scheme backed by the German national development bank KFW has led to very high deployment rates, grown mkt, brought down costs, and now *pays for itself*
