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Subsidised insulation could lift 1.3 million UK homes out of fuel poverty
Take up of existing free or subsidised insulation schemes could lift around 1.3 million homes out of fuel poverty, according to analysis by insulation producer Rockwool.
Over 5 million UK homes are currently classed as fuel poor, spending over 10% of their income on heating, and the total could rise to as much as 6.6 million according to some estimates.
But the analysis by Rockwool indicates that insulating lofts, pipes and floors could save households an average 24% on fuel bills, bringing down a typical annual spend of £1300 by up to £315.
With fuel costs rising, experts estimate that for every 1% increase in prices, an extra 40,000 homes fall into fuel poverty.
But under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) scheme, utilities provide free or subsidised insulation for the most vulnerable.
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UK: DECC High Court FIT appeal dismissed; will go to Supreme Court
The UK Court of Appeal Representing a goal for the U.K. solar industry, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC’S) judicial appeal against the High Court ruling that its plan to alter the feed-in tariff (FIT) rates was illegal, has today been dismissed.
While the news is positive, and means that FIT cuts cannot be applied retrospectively, the DECC has said it "disagrees" with the decision and will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. As Edmund Robb, Barrister and Director at U.K.-based Prospect Law Ltd points out, this permission process could take months to conclude.
Robb is, however, confident that the Supreme Court will refuse the DECC’s second appeal. He adds, "… further down the line, DECC may well choose quietly to drop any application to appeal once the PR 'heat' has gone out of the FITS/PV story and the new payment rates have come into effect after 03/03/2012 ..."
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