Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Deferred
Provide certainty on future electric home heating and clarify fossil fuel installation dates
Recommendation
The Government must provide consumers, installers and the supply chain with certainty that most home heating will be powered by electricity in future. It must also set out its view on whether new on-grid and off-grid fossil fuel heating systems should continue to be installed in homes from 2035 and explain how it will minimise the use of fossil fuels in homes by
Government Response Summary
The government states its focus on incentivising cleaner heating through the Warm Homes Plan, where more details on these issues are expected later this year, but does not explicitly provide certainty on future electricity use for heating or the status of fossil fuel systems from 2035.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
This government is focused on incentivising moves to cleaner, affordable heating and making this attractive and easy for the public. Through our Warm Homes Plan we have already announced a range of measures to support investment in heat pumps and other energy efficiency upgrades to help cut bills. More detail on these issues will be set out in our Warm Homes Plan later this year.