Energy supplier obligations: Post-2011
Overview
The 2007 Energy White Paper reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to maintain some form of obligation on household energy suppliers until at least 2020, with an ambition level at least equal to that under the Carbon Emissions Reductions Target. This will save around 3-4 million tonnes of carbon per year by the end of the next decade.
The Government’s vision is to see a supplier obligation through which consumers will continue to enjoy at least their current level of warmth, light and comfort, whilst also achieving substantial carbon and energy savings.
A Call for Evidence
Since the Energy Review, Defra has led a work programme of work to develop and appraise the potential options for the post-2011 obligation. The output from the initial phase of analytical work (see table below) fed into a Call for Evidence, which ran from 13 June until 14 September 2007. The Call for Evidence set out the main issues and options for the obligation and sought input from all interested parties, offering them an opportunity to engage early in the policy development process. A copy of the Call for Evidence document is available below.
Summary of responses to the Call of Evidence
The Call for Evidence elicited twenty-eight responses, including responses from all of the key stakeholder groups and one member of the public. The responses have provided Defra with a rich seam of new evidence to support its ongoing programme of analysis and research. A summary and analysis of the responses to the Call for Evidence and a brief Government Response are available below.
- A summary of responses to the Call for Evidence (PDF 370 KB)
- Government Response to a Call for Evidence: the post 2011 Supplier Obligation (PDF 30 KB)
- Call for Evidence document (PDF 500 KB)
Research projects underpinning the Call for Evidence
Title |
Author |
Workshop: Data flows within the household gas and electricity markets and data requirements for the Supplier Obligation post 2011 (Monday 15 January 2007) (PDF 500 KB) |
Defra |
Evaluation of Supplier Obligation Policy Options - Report for DTI and Defra (February 2007) |
NERA |
The Supplier Obligation post-2011: Potential commercial models to deliver demand reductions (May 2007) (PDF 1.2 MB) |
Climate Change Capital |
Assessing the social impact of the Supplier Obligation (PDF 500 KB) |
Centre for Sustainable Energy |
Defra |
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| Delivering cost effective carbon saving measures to existing homes (PDF 500 KB) | Buildings Research Establishment |
Stakeholder workshops
Defra and the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes (EEPH) jointly held two stakeholder workshops in Glasgow (21 June 2007) and London (27 June 2007) to provide all interested parties an opportunity to engage in the detail of the Call for Evidence. Reports of these workshops have been published on the EEPH web site:
www.eeph.org.uk/resource/events/index.cfm?mode=view&category_id=5
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Page last modified: 2 April 2008
Page published: 15 January 2007