Businesses are today mobilising to meet an expected increase in demand for energy efficient products and services, in the wake of the government’s announcement of an extra £910m in funding to help the fuel poor.
After weeks of negotiations with energy companies, the government today announced that energy providers are to increase the amount they contribute towards energy efficiency schemes and winter fuel payments by around 30 per cent.
Business secretary John Hutton insisted at a press conference this morning that these costs would not be passed on to consumers. “If there is any evidence that customers are being ripped off … then the government will not hesitate to intervene,” he warned. Read more
Source: Business Green
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