Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 28 November 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to encourage households that use oil for heating to switch to a lower carbon intensive fuel.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment, launched earlier this year, is focusing on households living off the gas grid. The Renewable Heat Premium Payment is delivered by the Energy Saving Trust. All households in Great Britain which do not use gas from the mains for their heating supply, including those that use oil for heating, can apply for vouchers which provide cash back towards the installation of air to water heat pumps, ground or water source heat pumps, biomass boilers or solar thermal technologies.
Information gathered under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment will inform our proposals for supporting renewable heat by extending support to the domestic sector, in Phase 2 of the RHI. This will include consideration of measures for households off the gas grid and we will consult on proposals in due course.
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