Cllr Gary Luff

Stroud District Cllr for Painswick and Upton
Chair of Housing Committee

[Cllr Gary Luff @garyluff2]

@PeteKennedy @bristol_citizen But nobody ever admits it

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@rostfritt @DrSimEvans And electric heating from heat pumps is 300-350% efficient meaning that it takes free energy from the air.

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@GlosCCGreens I think it might be for Australia

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@ed_birkett It says (1.26) that revenue period will aligned to accounting period. Does that mean it really starts in April and not January?

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@sarah_go_green @SavingSessions @OctopusEnergy @NationalGridESO Demand reduction of c. 800 MW

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@TomH_Analyst @ACJSissons @heatpolicyrich @AbigailDombey Much more solar in the SW. Solar helps with heat pumps - free hot water in the summer and a bit cheaper heating in winter.

Also warmer temperatures mean the HPs work more efficiently.

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@MerrillHayes7 @ACJSissons @nesta_uk What you can do might be enough but there are exemptions detailed in the guide at https://t.co/LLzRfUZhYm.

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@Dunfarmin1987 @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy @davejones79 I joined the evening before. The reason they are so low is that wholesale prices have dropped significantly because of warm weather, strong winds and full gas storage and then the EPG guarantee price reduction is then applied.

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@Adam_Grant_Bell I don't know how many it applies to but there will be some who are not on benefits and don't pay tax bc they have savings over £16k. #s who are economically inactive but not unemployed has increased significantly partly bc of NHS backlogs.

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@TorstenBell Clearly big differences but how much of the difference is driven by sizes of HH?

If there was an allowance per person it might mitigate some of the problem and would encourage higher housing density.

Coupled with energy saving for low income HH might work.

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@ACJSissons Broadly sensible and a tricky one to get right - but what about the fact that HHs differ greatly in size?

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@RhonddaBryant That is over £5m over the course of her lifetime! Not bad for what is roughly one months work!

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@TorstenBell Great article.

Even after U-turning on most/all of the tax cuts, and making significant spending cuts, may they need to focus the EPG on lowest income households?

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@ChrisGiles_ @TorstenBell I know they won't be evenly distributed but that is 5,500 per Parliamentary constituency, probably swing voters too. Then you add renters impacted by pass through from landlords (bc this will be the excuse for increasing rents).

Might that be reason enough to tighten fiscally?

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@TorstenBell To what extent will this also flow through to renters because landlords will pass on extra costs?

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@heatpolicyrich Agree entirely, two other factors in heat pumps favour -

Massive amount of RE coming which will lead to low cost electricity and curtailment avoidance. HP will be ideal for this even if just for HW tanks.

And if insulation get better then lower flow temperatures permitted.

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@ed_birkett @ukonward Was that inclusive of ROCs?

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@BergAslak Storage in the Netherlands is also great. Whilst storage is only half of German's the pop is only 1/5th positive for European energy security.

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@DrSimEvans @MartinSLewis And these are often the big electricity users in households. The consumption per cycle is often available on the documentation that the appliance came with.