PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Energy Company Obligation (28 October 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the report by the Association for the Conservation of Energy on differences between the savings (a) for energy companies and (b) passed on to consumers of the changes to the Energy Companies Obligation announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement.

Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)

The Government response to the consultation on the changes to ECO, and the Final Impact Assessment, were published on 22 July:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-the-energy-company-obligation.

It is difficult for DECC to quantify any additional benefits, and DECC is not in a position to make or validate any specific estimate, of the kind put forward by the Association for the Conservation of Energy.

Answered by:
Amber Rudd (Independent)
6 November 2014