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Energy supplier obligations

• Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT)
• Future supplier obligations
• Key documents

This subject is now dealt with by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

• See www.decc.gov.uk

 

Related information

• Directgov ACT ON CO2 site
• ACT ON CO₂ advice line - 0800 512 012 or www.est.org.uk
• Energy Saving Trust
• Warm Front

Energy supplier obligations: Post-2011

The 2006 Energy Review and 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.

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.

Proposals for the design of the post-2011 scheme will be subject to a full public consultation in early 2009.

A Call for Evidence

Since the Energy Review, Defra has led a 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 - 14 September 2007. It 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.

The Call for Evidence elicited twenty-eight responses, including responses from all of the key stakeholder groups and one member of the public. 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
Potential Carbon Savings from Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration Appliances Installed in the Domestic Sector Over the Period 2011-2020 (Draft Version 1)  (PDF 80 KB)	Defra
Delivering cost effective carbon saving measures to existing homes (PDF 500 KB)	Buildings Research Establishment

Page last modified: 23 December 2008
Page published: 15 January 2007

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