The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee will question energy companies, including from Octopus Energy, Vaillant, Cadent Gas and E-ON, with experience of installing or trialling low carbon heating technologies in homes. This evidence session is part of the committee’s decarbonising heating in homes inquiry.
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- Inquiry: Decarbonising heat in homes
- Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 16 March
At 10.30am
- Steve Keeton, Director of External Affairs, Vaillant Group UK Ltd
- Greg Jackson, CEO and Founder, Octopus Energy
- Michael Lewis, CEO, E-ON
- Angie Needle, Director of Strategy, Cadent Gas
At 11.30am
- David Renard, Chair, Local Government Associations’ Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board
- Patrick Chauvin, Executive Director – Assets, Stonewater
- George Day, Head of Markets, Policy and Regulation, Energy Systems Catapult
- Randolph Brazier, Director of Innovation and Electricity Systems, Energy Networks Association
Purpose of the session
The evidence hearing is likely to explore issues around the barriers to delivering low carbon heating solutions to homes and how these can be best overcome.
They will also offer a perspective of the Government’s policies to encourage uptake of energy efficiency and low carbon heating in homes, particularly on the Green Homes Grant.
The Committee will also question organisations, including the Local Government Association, Stonewater (a housing association), the Energy Systems Catapult and the Energy Networks Association.
The panel will consider the suitability, and viability, of alternate heating technologies and their delivery in a variety of local-level situations, for example in different geographic areas, home ownership and different building types.
The session is also likely to explore questions around responsibilities for the coordination and delivery of low carbon heating on a local level.
