Energy: Conservation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department taking steps to promote new technologies to help people save money on their energy bills.
Answered by Katie White
The government is supporting the deployment of technologies that will reduce household bills through a variety of schemes including the Energy Company Obligation, the Great British Insulation Scheme, Warm Homes: Social Housing Decarbonisation, Warm Homes: Local Government and the continuation of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
The government invested up to £42 million in the Heat Pump Ready (HPR) innovation programme to overcome barriers to heat pump deployment and support innovation in product design.
To promote the benefits of heat pumps the government has also relaunched its ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ campaign.
The Warm Homes Plan will continue our support for low carbon technologies and other energy efficiency upgrades to help reduce bills.
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