Community energy savings prog

RNS Number : 1602M

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

19 May 2010

 



SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY PLC

FIRST SCHEMES UNDER COMMUNITY ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAMME (CESP)

SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has identified its first three schemes under the new Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP), which requires energy suppliers and electricity generators to install a wide range of energy efficiency measures in lower-income areas.  These are the first detailed CESP schemes to be announced in Scotland and Wales by any of the UK's energy companies.

The first three schemes will be: 

·     In England, SSE will work with South Tyneside Homes across a number of local areas.  South Tyneside Homes is a registered social landlord, who manage and maintain former council-owned homes and estates.  The project involves a wide variety of measures including external insulation of homes, new heating systems and also some micro generation technologies.

·     In Scotland, SSE will work with Glasgow Housing Association at the Wingets project in Carntyne to install external solid wall insulation and loft insulation to both housing association and owner-occupier properties.

·     In Wales, SSE will work in the Rhondda Cynon Taf area of South Wales, surveying homes for a comprehensive programme of energy saving measures.  Homes across all tenure types are being assessed so that benefits occur to as many of these dwellings as possible in the area, under the 'whole house' approach.

Work on all three schemes is expected to begin by summer 2010.  Around 2,500 properties across the three schemes will benefit from measures, and it is estimated that over 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year* will be saved as a result.  Households benefiting from measures such as solid wall insulation, which feature in this program, could save up to £400 a year on their energy bill**.  CESP promotes a 'whole house' approach and, when combined with other energy saving measures, savings could exceed £600 a year.

SSE expects to announce another 15 CESP schemes across England, Scotland and Wales by the end of June.

Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, said:

 "Using energy efficiently is the fastest and most cost-effective way of reducing people's energy costs, sustaining supplies for the long term and cutting emissions of carbon dioxide.  With a 'whole house' approach and with its focus on lower-income parts of the country, CESP makes sense.

"These three schemes are just the first of many across the country which will help to transform homes and communities.  We are looking forward to working in partnership with housing associations, local authorities and other partners to deliver real benefits, which are sustainable in every sense."

* Based on lifetime savings from measures.

**Savings based on information available on Energy Saving Trust website, based on three bedroom semi-detached property.  Savings will vary with different property types.

 

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