Sentences with phrase «household energy bills»

60 % of the increase in household energy bills between 2010 and 2012 was caused by this.

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

The report shows that homes with these technologies could see household energy bills reduced by 60 %.

It would make even our modest carbon reduction targets impossible to hit, and cause household energy bills to soar even further.

He says that the cost will see household energy bills rise by a further third in real terms, on top of the rises already seen over the past decade.

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

As Business Green reports, analysis from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has revealed that while the direct costs of subsidizing renewables and energy efficiency programs have added # 9 (around US$ 11 in post-Brexit Britain) per month to the average household energy bill in 2016.

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said a price freeze would actually increase household energy bills over the next two decades.

* Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) ~ $ 5M / year to specifically reduce low - income household energy bills through improved efficiency, ~ $ 5M / year to help commercial buildings with energy efficiency.

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

In helping to fund this green transition, an average Danish household energy bill in 2020 - heated on oil, gas or district heating - will have extra costs of approx 900 Kroner ($ 175), which will be a 4 - 5 % increase.

In one way it highlights where my concern lies, in that Hendry criticises the Labour position on household energy bills and the politicisation of the energy debate, which makes their position now on climate change in the wake of the floods look more opportunistic.

The average household energy bill would be # 490 higher without these improvements.

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 critics.

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...

IPPR analysis covered in yesterday's Guardian finds that this would not lead to household energy bill increases and would, in fact, result in small cost savings for households.

Adding a decarbonisation target would clearly be good for growth, jobs and household energy bills.

«Compared to last winter will this winter's household energy bills be lower or higher?»

Data presented at the event demonstrated how if global energy efficiency improvements were doubled from the current 1.5 % to 3 % per year, significant benefits could be unlocked; household energy bills could be reduced by a third, 6 million new jobs could be created by 2020, and $ 2,300 billion (US$ 2,458 billion) saved by 2030 in reduced fuel costs.

Another problem with the WEO's main scenario is that it insufficiently takes into account the value of things like jobs, environmental damage, health effects, security of supply and household energy bills, all of which are quite important for policy makers.

Another account covers the U.K.'s cuts to solar subsidies, saying: «The government says the changes were necessary to protect bill payers, as the solar incentives are levied on household energy bills.»

According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the average household energy bill is # 584 per year.