Energy Company Obligation

  • Home supply and services

    Introducing the Green Gas Levy

    In Autumn 2021 the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) will be launched, supporting decarbonisation of the gas grid as the UK aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The GGSS will predominately focus on providing financial incentives for biomethane (green gas) injection in the grid and, in order to...

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    Smart export guarantee

    This summary outlines Cornwall Insight’s response to BEIS’ January consultation on the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG). It expresses support for the broad thrust of the SEG proposals and identifies key issues for further consideration. Overview The proposals set out in the 8 January document The Future for Small-scale Low-carbon Generation...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    This week’s Energy Spectrum overview | 16 April 2018

    In this week’s Energy Perspective, we review the BEIS consultation on the next phase of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO3). We argue that although at first glance proposals for ECO3 give the impression that it is business as usual, there are some key changes taking place going into this next...

  • Home supply and services

    The Future of ECO

    One of the longstanding objectives of government policy for energy suppliers has been that they put their efforts in to improving energy efficiency for their customers, especially those in fuel poverty. Several schemes have been put in place to do this, most recently the second phase of the Energy Company...

  • Home supply and services

    Uncertainty on future of ECO storing up trouble for suppliers

    A government consultation on the successor programme to the current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is due any moment now. Time is fast running out to put in place the necessary secondary legislation to give effect to the next scheme from 1 October. We know from the Clean...

  • Home supply and services

    Small and medium suppliers serve more than a fifth of households

    Following the publication of our Q4 2017 domestic market share survey, we take a look back over the quarter at some of the key trends we have seen in the household energy supply market. 2017 was an exciting year in terms of the movement of consumers between suppliers. Standard Variable...