Coalition's Proposals for Energy

The published Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition deal contains a number of points of agreement of relevance and interest to the energy sector. These include:

• The establishment of a smart grid and the roll-out of smart meters.
• The full establishment of feed-in tariff systems in electricity, and the maintenance of banded ROCs.
• Promotion of "a huge increase" in energy from waste through anaerobic digestion.
• The creation of a green investment bank.
• The provision of home energy improvement paid for by the savings from lower energy bills.
• Retention of energy performance certificates (but the scrapping of Home Improvement Packs).
• Measures to encourage marine energy.