The drop in fuel
poverty levels in Scotland is given a cautious welcome by the national charity
Energy Action Scotland. The figures for 2014 have been published (15 Dec) by
the Scottish Government.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Monday, 30 November 2015
Scottish Government Issued with a Final Demand to End Fuel Poverty
Today (30 November) the Scottish Government has been
issued with a ‘final demand’ to end fuel poverty by the national fuel poverty
charity Energy Action Scotland.
The letter sent to all MSPs as well as to Scottish
Ministers is a reminder that it is exactly one year until the statutory duty to
end fuel poverty must be met. The
Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 states that the Scottish Government has ‘to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, that people are not living in fuel poverty
in Scotland by November 2016’.
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Minister for Housing and Welfare to Open National Conference on Tackling Fuel Poverty and Providing Affordable Warmth for All
Minister
for Housing and Welfare, Margaret Burgess MSP is expected to highlight the
Scottish Government’s action to ensure everyone in Scotland can afford to heat
their homes when she opens a national conference on fuel poverty today (Nov 12)
in Peebles, organised by the national charity Energy Action Scotland.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Call for End to Fuel Poverty Made in Face of Huge Increase in Excess Winter Deaths and in Support of Challenge Poverty Week
‘Set out a
detailed plan to ensure that no-one in Scotland has to live in a cold, damp,
expensive to heat home.’
This is
the call from the national charity Energy Action Scotland to the Scottish
Government during Challenge Poverty Week and on the day that a four-fold
increase in the number of excess winter deaths in Scotland is announced.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
EAS Reaction to Scottish Govt announcement - climate change and energy efficiency
Commenting on
today’s announcement by the Scottish Government: http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Climate-change-action-heats-up-19c8.aspx
Elizabeth Gore, Deputy
Director of the national fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland said: “Making the improvement of the energy efficiency of
Scotland’s homes a national infrastructure priority is to be welcomed as a
positive move in the right direction by the Scottish Government. Reducing
energy bills and tackling fuel poverty ought to be as important as reducing
carbon. Now is the time when the Scottish Government must also take the
opportunity to undertake a full review of how fuel poverty in Scotland
can be eradicated and in what timescale.”
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Monday, 1 June 2015
New fuel poverty report urges policy makers to unlock investment in domestic energy efficiency
National
Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) are national charities
working to end fuel poverty and the illness caused by cold homes across the UK.
Today they have published a joint report highlighting the need for policy
makers to adequately resource initiatives that make homes warmer and healthier
and in turn encourage economic growth.
Thursday, 28 May 2015
National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) joint press release Immediate release - 28th May 2015
UK fuel poverty charities comment on UK Government figures that show 4.5 million households unable to adequately heat their homes across UK
National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) are national charities working to end fuel poverty and the illness caused by cold homes across the UK. The two organisations have provided the statement below in response to the release today of the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Fuel Poverty report which provides the latest indication from the UK Government of fuel poverty levels within the nations and across the UK.
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Energy Action Scotland Reaction to the Call for a Revision of the Distribution Price Control Mechanism and a Move to National Pricing on Electricity Bills
Norman Kerr, Director of Energy Action Scotland said:
“Rural premiums on energy bills are
undoubtedly a burden on those living in rural areas. However, there appears to
be a fundamental misunderstanding that companies like SSE choose to add a
premium to the bills of customers in the north of Scotland when in fact it is
part of a distribution price control mechanism that applies to any supplier to
that part of the country.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Reaction from Energy Action Scotland to increase of £20 million in the Scottish Government’s budget for energy efficiency
Commenting on today’s (4 Feb) announcement by the Scottish Government
that the budget for energy efficiency is to increase by £20 million, Norman
Kerr, Director of national fuel poverty charity, Energy Action Scotland said:
“Given the recent increase in the number of households in fuel poverty
in Scotland, it is good news that the budget to tackle the problem is being
increased.
Friday, 16 January 2015
Energy Action Scotland Celebrates Living Wage Commitment
The Living
Wage Foundation, in partnership with the Poverty Alliance, is pleased to
announce that the national fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has been
accredited as a Living Wage employer.
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