In a previous article we worried about the increase in the number of people in fuel poverty, but today it is apparent that government decision-makers have been reading our daily blog as they have announced a new £350 million scheme to aid those in fuel poverty, reports Times online.

The scheme is designed to give low-income households a complete ‘energy efficiency makeover’. The scheme, called the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), will start next month and targets 100 ‘fuel-poor’ regions and installs energy efficient measures to the residents there, street by street. Some 90,000 people could benefit from measures ranging from extra insulation to a completely new central heating system, which will save an average £330 a year on fuel bills.

Overall, 900 deprived areas can qualify for assistance, but it is down to community action groups to lobby their local authorities to ensure that the scheme can be adopted in the other 800 deprived areas that have not been chosen directly by the energy suppliers. To find out whether your area is eligible or not go to www.imd.communities.gov.uk and click on the map.

It is important that local communities get on board as the scheme requires at least 25% of the eligible households in the area to have signed up before any work is carried out. There are also worries that the suppliers won’t deliver the scheme properly but will instead aim to meet the government’s carbon reducing targets rather than budget targets when delivering CESP.

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