Sentences with phrase «household fuel bills»

The predictable outcome has been higher prices on everything involving fossil fuels, from household fuel bills to airfares and petrol prices.

«Turning homes into power stations could cut household fuel bills by more than 60 percent.»

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

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).

«Cutting the power our homes consume by almost a third could come with a hefty # 50 billion price tag, but this investment would be matched in only eight years as household fuel bills would tumble,» Mr O'Higgins added.

Not exact matches

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 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.»

«Whilst we applaud the Government's commitment to address the least energy efficient properties by 2020, there is a significant risk that over a million fuel poor households will continue to live in hard to heat homes by 2025 and the # 1billion savings on bills will not be achieved.

National Energy Action (NEA) welcomed the Government's statement to Parliament today which will save the poorest households # 1 billion a year on their fuel bills by setting legal targets to make their homes more energy efficient but calls on the Government to move more quickly to achieve their targets.

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?

Since then energy bills have soared and the Government estimated that approximately 4 million households in England are now estimated to be living in fuel poverty, unable to heat their homes to the level needed for their comfort and wellbeing.

But in November and December 2005, wind power in Colorado cost less than electricity from fossil fuel, and the average household that switched to wind saved $ 4 a month on its electric bill.

The money raised will go to set up a Clean Energy Finance Corporation to promote renewables and to compensate households for higher fuel bills.

«Faced with stagnating income, rising fuel bills and various household priorities, looking after their children's health and wellbeing is a daily struggle for many parents.

iSupply Energy is increasing its standard variable prices by 7.5 % today, adding # 76 / year to the typical dual - fuel household's bill.

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.

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.

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 IEA also notes drastic improvements in air pollution, cuts in fossil fuel import bills and lower household energy expenditures would complement the decarbonisation achieved, if well designed policies are used.

Both also note other co-benefits, such as lower fossil fuel bills for importing countries and lower household energy expenditures.

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.

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.

The focus of CCL's lobbying efforts is a bill that will put a steadily - rising fee on carbon - based fuels and return the revenue to all households.

Consumer energy bills for natural gas and fuel have faced alarming volatility that also strains household budgets.

And there's no reason to beleive that, given the recent increases in UK energy bills, there are fewer households in fuel poverty today than in 2009.

The report states: «The government is also under pressure to curb rising energy bills with 2.3 million of Britain's 27 million households deemed fuel poor, meaning the cost of heating their homes leaves them with income below the poverty line.»

Many countries have turned to fossil fuel subsidies at some point or another to reduce energy costs in order to cut transportation bills, prop up industries, or finance household electrification, particularly for the poorest families.

Households that have dual - fuel (gas and electricity) bills had seen their energy costs rise from # 605 in 2004 to # 1060 in 2010, an increase of 75 %.

The federal Fuel Assistance Program provides certified eligible households with assistance in paying their energy bills during the winter season.