We are pleased to announce that Transition Network has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills. Transition Network’s role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the transition model, creating initiatives that rebuild resilience and reduce CO2 emissions.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
‘The Energy Bill Revolution campaign encourages us to do all the right things – reduce energy bills, create jobs in the green economy, reduce green house gas emissions and make people warmer, healthier and happier in the places they live. If we can get it implemented, every MP will soon be saying, “We should have done this 10 years ago”.’ – The team at Transition Network
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