Home Energy Conservation Act parliamentary briefing

The Home Energy Conservation Act (1996) charged Scottish local authorities with achieving ‘substantial’ improvements in domestic energy efficiency. The Secretary of State at the time issued guidance that this meant around a 30% improvement over 10 years, the figure English and Welsh authorities were required to achieve. Unfortunately, in Scotland, such mandatory targets were not set, and local authorities even managed to negotiate their targets down to as low as 9%.

Home Energy Conservation Act parliamentary briefing