The two thirds of households living in leaky homes face bills £1,000 higher than those in energy efficient homes when energy prices rise again in October to an average bill of more than £3,500. 🧵

#CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyCrisis #FuelPovertyCrisis 1/n With successive price cap increases, we could be looking at a £1,500 inefficiency penalty by April of next year if price cap predictions for £5,000 energy bills materialise. 2/n

This big breakthrough from @RishiSunak is to be welcomed unequivocally as a stimulus measure - & for #NetZero too, provided it becomes a piece of a larger puzzle, a #GatewayDrug to next-level #decarbonisation and credible #COP26 presidency - THREAD (1/11)

bbc.co.uk/news/business-… 🧩 rented homes: my reading is that private landlords will be able to access the voucher scheme, but lets see. Social housing has a £50m pilot - I think this will kick off the £3.8bn Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, but let's see. (2/11)

Small #netzero infrastructure investments, writ large, @RishiSunak: @eeiguk today sets out #energyefficiency's offer for net-zero compatible stimulus and resilient recovery: theeeig.co.uk/media/1091/eei…. Coverage here: bbc.co.uk/news/business-… THREAD 1/ First off, @eeiguk is a growing and broad-based coalition of over 25 industry groups, NGOs, charities and businesses asking for rapid improvement in energy efficiency for UK homes and buildings. It's vision is set out here: theeeig.co.uk/media/1063/eei… 2/

1/7 #EnergyEfficiency: a cross-cutting #Infrastructure investment priority that addresses countless departmental objectives. Time for coordination to secure sufficient investment & realise those objectives @hmtreasury @beisgovuk @DHSCgovuk @mhclg @eeiguk #GreenGB #CleanGrowth 2/7 Energy bills would have been £500 higher today if it weren’t for #EnergyEfficiency improvements since 2004. Time to deliver through a national #Infrastructrure programme and reduce bills by £270. @hmtreasury @beisgovuk @mhclg @eeiguk #GreenGB #CleanGrowth