Grants of £7,500 are currently available for households that want to replace a gas boiler with a heat pump, which is considered more environmentally friendly because it runs on electricity.
The Government has promised to unveil a Warm Homes Plan in the coming months, with details about how to promote the uptake of heat pumps and other forms of green household energy, as well as helping people insulate their homes better to save on power.
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Ministers have said that in due course, a large majority of houses should be equipped with heat pumps and have also committed to decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030, in a bid to slash the amount of CO2 emissions caused by home heating in the UK.
She told The i Paper: “Is it important for our business to have plans like the Warm Homes Plan? I believe it is. Number one, a boiler upgrade scheme is a strong motivator for people to make the switch. The financial incentive really helps.”
“To even consider that that might be part of a swingeing cut that they need to make under their funding commitments would have a massive impact on me and other installers.”
Another industry source said: “The Government seems to be taking some inevitably short-term decisions to try and scrimp a few pennies.”
Under pressure from Labour MPs and anti-poverty campaigners, ministers are preparing to bring back the winter fuel payment for more pensioners.
A DESNZ spokesperson said: “The energy shocks of recent years have shown the urgent need to upgrade British homes.
“Through our Warm Homes Plan up to 300,000 households will benefit from upgrades this year, such as insulation, double glazing, solar and heat pumps – making them cheaper and cleaner to run.”
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