July 2022
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This conference assessed the way forward for addressing rising energy costs and fuel poverty.
It was a timely opportunity to examine implications for consumers of the pressures on energy suppliers and the wider energy sector, alongside the future of the price cap and priorities for energy efficiency, and comes as The Queen’s Speech unveiled plans to bring forward a new Energy Bill amongst the wider cost of living crisis.
Delegates considered options going forward for policy and regulation, as well as debating the roles of key stakeholders in industry, local government and individual households - both in the immediate and long term.
Overall, sessions focused on:
- consumers - protection strategies - what is needed from policy, regulation and industry action - the future of the price cap
- energy suppliers - responsibilities - competition - resilience - sector confidence
- immediate issues - energy efficiency and use in homes - retrofits - construction - decarbonisation policy
- long-term priorities - behavioural change - innovation in materials and new builds - renewables - supply chain decarbonisation - energy security
We were pleased to be able to include keynote contributions from: Olivia Haslam, Deputy Director, Warm Homes Team, BEIS; Professor Nick Eyre, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy, University of Oxford; and Director, Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions; Jemma Baker, Deputy Director, Future Retail Markets, Ofgem; and Dan Meredith, Senior Manager, External Affairs, E.ON.
The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from BEIS; DIT; Department for Communities, NI; Department for the Economy, NI; Department of Environment, Climate & Communications, Ireland; CMA; Department of Finance, NI; NICS; Northern Ireland Audit Office; ONS; Transport Scotland; The Scottish Government; and the Welsh Government - as well as parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Lords.
