Sentences with phrase «demand side subsidy»

One of the inherent problems of a demand side subsidy, either paying all or part of the cost of connection or subsidising ongoing energy purchased is the inability to predict how much will be spent through the scheme.

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There was a shift away from supply side subsidies of «bricks and mortar» towards demand - side subsidies of paying housing benefit to boost households» incomes to enable them to access accommodation.

Whereas in 1975 more than 80 % of housing subsidies were supply - side subsidies intended to promote the construction of social homes, by 2000 more than 85 % of housing subsidies were on the demand side aimed at helping individual tenants pay the required rent.

«Member States should therefore primarily consider alternative ways of achieving generation adequacy which do not have a negative impact on the objective of phasing out environmentally or economically harmful subsidies, such as facilitating demand side management and increasing interconnection capacity.»