Energy UK chief executive Lawrence Slade has said he has “strong concerns” over how the government’s next energy efficiency scheme will handle the able-to-pay market, and the cost of the scheme to customers in fuel poverty. Speaking at a Public Accounts Committee hearing this week, Slade said: “I think it is very useful that we have an interim to take us from the end of current Eco [Energy Company Obligation] to the next one, I generally support the idea of focusing the money available towards the fuel poor.“I have strong concerns, though, over how we are going to handle the able-to-pay market and complexity of measures that need to be delivered there to meet our interim targets but also the amount of work that needs to be done there.”
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