Sentences with phrase «household energy bill of»

The government has launched a scheme aiming to improve energy efficiency and cut the annual household energy bill of # 1,400.

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These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

In response to the upcoming implementation of the carbon tax, Australians will find an additional tax on their household energy bills — but the exact figure will not be itimised, The Daily...

There are some people who seem to take pride in freezing the other members of their household in favor of the energy bill.

Jenny Saunders OBE, Chief Executive of National Energy Action stated: «The CCC report highlights the UK Government must realign current policies and increase investment overall in programmes that can create warmth, comfort and make fuel bills affordable for vulnerable households.

«The loss of significant offshore oil and gas tax revenues as the North Sea runs down will have a big impact on our economy, jobs and balance of payments, with significant increases in household energy bills — and a very adverse impact on the legacy for future generations in an independent Scotland,» he told EnergyVoice.com.

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More than 50 million households in the European Union are in energy poverty, struggling to attain adequate warmth, pay their utility bills on time and live in homes free of damp and mould.

The average energy bill in the UK is # 1,267 meaning that the royal bill is the equivalent of around 2,288 british households.

On energy, about 24 million households will save about # 30 a year on bills due to a cheaper domestic energy efficiency scheme — but the Department of Energy and Climate Change is losing 22 % of its benergy, about 24 million households will save about # 30 a year on bills due to a cheaper domestic energy efficiency scheme — but the Department of Energy and Climate Change is losing 22 % of its benergy efficiency scheme — but the Department of Energy and Climate Change is losing 22 % of its bEnergy and Climate Change is losing 22 % of its budget.

The squeezed middle, the working poor (6.5 million in their households today) and the jobless are afflicted by pay freezes and pay cuts, energy bill hikes, accelerated private rent increases, a swelling housing benefit budget that subsidises rich landlords but not the tenants, waiting lists for a home swollen by the bedroom tax and only half the houses needed being built, nearly a million of the jobless sanctioned last year and deprived of all their unemployment benefit for 4 or 13 weeks for trivial infringements, the seriously disabled suffering big benefit cuts for not getting jobs they manifestly can't do, to name but some.

· Reduce the cost of domestic energy bills for four million households — with a saving of at least # 270 per year for affected households.

«The health and wellbeing of thousands of very vulnerable households is being put at risk, and we urge the Government to urgently bring forward a new fuel poverty and energy efficiency programme funded through the VAT and other taxes the Government receives from energy bills and the energy sector.»

The release of the Energy Bill, however, which proposed a potential increase in household energy bills in order to create a sustainable low - carbon economy, barely stirred crEnergy Bill, however, which proposed a potential increase in household energy bills in order to create a sustainable low - carbon economy, barely stirred crenergy bills in order to create a sustainable low - carbon economy, barely stirred critics.

The scheme, which provides grants for heating and insulation improvements for low - income households, will be replaced by a new scheme funded by a levy on energy bills — adding to the burden of rising energy bills for those least able to afford them.

If the Tory leadership presses ahead with a decarbonisation strategy it will need to redouble Greg Clark's tactic of emphasising the wider benefits of all green measures (eg in terms of energy security or household fuel bills).

The Leave campaign says this would abolish the 5 % rate of VAT on household energy bills by the date of the next general election.

If he accepts that savings can be made through investment in insulation, why, when households will face higher tax bills for years to come, is he resistant to our policy, which would give every home in the country an entitlement to # 6,500 - worth of immediate energy efficiency improvements, paid for from the savings that people make on their fuel bills?

«At the moment the only thing rising faster than household fuel bills are the profits of the energy companies.»

Now we know that a decade of environmental laws and regulations are piling costs on the energy bills of households and companies.

Our London energy co-op will cut out the profits of the energy companies and reduce energy bills by up to # 120 a year for all households that sign up.

«The New Capacity Zone would cause quite a bit of damage to our local economy, to households and businesses in the area, with higher energy bills, on the order of up to 6 percent for our residential customers or higher and 10 percent or higher for our large industrial customers.»

Like removing unnecessary lighting from a financially strapped household to save on electricity bills, the drug — called rapamycin — prolongs the survival of diseased neurons by forcing them to reduce protein production to conserve cellular energy.

Researchers from the University of Southampton are aiming to develop a «smart» thermostat to help UK households save money on their energy bills.

That policy — which exists in some form in 43 states and the District of Columbia — lets households with renewable energy earn bill credits for surplus power delivered to the grid.

It measures the changing prices of everyday household goods and services like food and energy bills, and shows how inflation rises over the years.

Two thirds of UK households are on standard variable tariffs **, and if you're one of them, the chances are that you're paying too much for your energy bills.

In the long run, the effort to train your pet and to provide him with appropriate chewing, scratching, and energy outlets could save you a lot of heartache and money related to destroyed household items and emergency veterinary bills.

Combined with the President's other actions to increase the efficiency of our cars and household appliances, the President's plan will help American families cut energy waste, lowering their gas and utility bills.

Households that take advantage of cost - saving energy efficiency opportunities will actually see their monthly electric bills go down.

In the average American household, almost half of the annual energy bill goes to heating and cooling — more than $ 900 a year.

The analysis found that by 2030, enhancing the energy efficiency provisions in the two pieces of legislation would increase direct energy savings from energy efficiency provisions from 5 % to 16 %, drive up the number of new jobs created from just over 100,000 to about 360,000, and increase annual consumer energy bill savings from $ 256 to $ 448 per household.

There is ample evidence in the UK of increasing fuel poverty (i.e., household spending over 10 % of disposable income keeping warm in winter) in the regions of wind farm deployment where higher electricity bills are needed to cover the rent of the land (from usually already rich) landowners, a direct reversal of the process whereby cheap energy over the last century has lifted a significant fraction of the world's poor from their poverty.

Already, REV has driven 730 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

Fourth: I suggest that the principle of limiting low - income households» energy bills to a percentage of income be adopted early in the proceeding (6 percent was adopted in the NY REV process); this will open the entire process to a wider array of reforms for everyone because the issue of preventing harm to low - income households will have been addressed integrally and early.

More reflective roofs can reduce a household's energy bill, as well as the overall temperature of a city.

There's one more piece of perspective worth sharing — In the last twelve months energy bills in Britain have risen by roughly # 200 per household (per year)-- simply due to fluctuations on global energy markets (fossil fuel markets).

The category of «fuel poverty» that will include 9 million households in just a year's time would be reduced substantially, were energy bills more affordable.

Next year, German households are in for a big price shock: the renewable energies levy, which every household in Germany has to pay as part of their electricity bills, will increase by over 70 per cent to 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour.

These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

49 Rising Energy Costs for Consumers Average annual household utility bills have increased 48 % since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)-- Add in today's average annual gasoline budget per household and today's estimated annual home energy budget is over $ 3,800 Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % bEnergy Costs for Consumers Average annual household utility bills have increased 48 % since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)-- Add in today's average annual gasoline budget per household and today's estimated annual home energy budget is over $ 3,800 Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % benergy budget is over $ 3,800 Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % benergy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % bEnergy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % by 2015

It is a recipe for healthy prosperity that will save Marylanders between $ 1.3 billion and $ 7.3 billion a year (2011 dollars) in energy costs in 2050, even after making provisions for (i) assistance for low income households to pay no more than 6 percent of income on energy bills, (ii) proactive investments in communities now dependent on fossil - fuel - related jobs, and (iii) new job creation in underserved areas.

WWF Scotland also welcomed the use of renewables in improving energy efficiency, creating jobs, lowering household energy bills and generating extra investment.

Already, REV has driven a nearly 800 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, installation and other clean - tech sectors.

The average U.S. household saw its disposable income rise $ 1,337 in 2015 because of lower utility bills and other energy - related cost savings, thanks to natural gas produced from shale with hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

A number of independent reports have shown energy policy costs make up a relatively small proportion of household energy bills.»

«Policies driving energy efficiency improvements have more than offset the cost of energy policies and have resulted in lower energy bills on average for UK households, as independent reports have found, so it would be wrong to suggest they are increasing people's bills.»

According to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC, 2014), an average household paid around $ 109 per annum in South East Queensland, $ 107 in New South Wales and $ 155 in South Australia for the combined LRET, SRES and FiT components of household bills in 2013 - 14.

The subsidies, the lion's share of which went to existing gas, coal and nuclear plants, will cost a typical household # 14 on their energy bill in 2020.

The Eco Kettle naturally eliminates unnecessary waste of water, energy, time and even money, by helping to cut household electricity bills.