ECO4
source –https://www.ofgem.gov.uk
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a government energy efficiency scheme designed to tackle fuel poverty and help reduce carbon emissions.ECO4 is a Government initiative to support low-income households and to create more energy efficient homes. Energy Company Obligation (ECO) grants are provided at no cost to customers, so that any energy efficiency upgrade for their home will be fully funded by an energy provider.The specific measures that would benefit your home would be determined by a retrofit assessment.
Who is eligible?
You could be eligible for ECO4 funding and get the energy efficient measures installed at your residence, if you receive at least one of the following benefits:
Child Benefit
Pension Guarantee Credit
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
Income Support
Tax Credits (Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits)
Universal Credit
Housing benefit
Pension credit saving credit
If yourLocal authorityisready to refer you to obligated energy suppliers so that you can be offered support under the ECO Flex.
If your Energy supplier is ready to refer you under ECO4 Flex if you are either struggling with persistent fuel debt and are supported by suppliers or are using pre-payment meters and have regularly been unable to stay connected to their fuel supplies due to financial hardship.
ECO+/Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS)
Source – https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/what-is-the-great-british-insulation-scheme-eco-plus/
The Great British Insulation Scheme, which was previously called ECO+, aims to upgrade and insulate the least energy efficient homes in Great Britain to help bring down people’s energy bills.
The scheme will provide grants to support those on the lowest incomes and those living in the least energy efficient homes or the lower council tax bands to insulate their homes.
The scheme will help more people than earlier versions of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. This includes ECO4, which is the most current version.
The scheme is aimed at:
• Those living in homes with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating D-G and within council tax bands A-D in England and A-E in Scotland and Wales.
• Low-income households living in homes with an EPC rating of D-G that might not be eligible for help under the ECO4 scheme.
The scheme will mainly offer grants to people who haven’t had any other form of funding from the UK Government towards the cost of improving their home’s energy efficiency.
Check your council tax band here – https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-council-tax-band/search?_ga=2.108517570.1132514377.1685517985-530016410.1678285050
Check EPC rating of your house here – https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/find-a-certificate/type-of-property
This scheme will focus mainly on installing low-cost insulation measures. These are:
• cavity wall insulation, including party walls (walls shared by properties)
• external and internal solid wall insulation
• loft insulation
• pitched roof insulation
• flat roof insulation
• under floor insulation
• solid floor insulation
• park home insulation
• room-in-roof insulation