Ed Davey on Green Deal

[TedM]

Ed Davey answered some questions about the Green Deal on Mumsnet yesterday:

*Delayed start - starting c 12.45pm* Webchat about energy-saving with Ed Davey, Energy and Climate Change Minister, Wednesday 13 February, now 12.45pm | Mumsnet Discussion

There were lots of very interesting questions and most of them went unanswered.

 

[Eco Deal]

I could not see any answers form ed ?

 

[Earthstore]

Look further down, they are in yellow, but as it is nearly bed time the reading will send you to sleep.

Night night...

 

[Vegelen]

I could not see any answers from ed ?

The bute in his Beef lunchtime meal probably gave him indigestion, rendering him unable to respond.
Either that or the questions too good, the audience too knowledgable to be hoodwinked with mind control.:yesnod:

 

[TedM]

There are 5 separate pages that you have to go through. Davey starts answering on page 3.

The questions are much more interesting than the answers.

 

[SolarCity]

The questions are much more interesting than the answers.

I thought the same thing. Davey doesn't address the most probing questions - I just hope he has taken them on board.

 

[Earthstore]

I thought the same thing. Davey doesn't address the most probing questions - I just hope he has taken them on board.

It would be great if we had any one in any Government that takes the public/small industry comments on board, or maybe I am being cynical ?

 

[SRE]

Green Deal finance will work with FITs and RHI | YouGen Blog | YouGen, Renewable Energy Made Easy

Green Deal & Fit/RHI confirmation from DECC via Cathy Debenham @ Yougen. I was a bit confused at DECC's comment about multiple Green Deals so have asked for clarity.

 

[Gavin A]

Green Deal finance will work with FITs and RHI | YouGen Blog | YouGen, Renewable Energy Made Easy

Green Deal & Fit/RHI confirmation from DECC via Cathy Debenham @ Yougen. I was a bit confused at DECC's comment about multiple Green Deals so have asked for clarity.

yes, but they've only confirmed what we already knew - ie that green deal can part fund solar PV and the FIT can be claimed, but that it's only the energy savings that count towards the golden rule, so nothing has changed.

I've no idea why there could have been any confusion over this or need for a clarification from the EU, given that the green deal is charged at full commercial interest rates and therefore can not be classed as state aid, so couldn't fall foul of the double funding rules. Either DECC are staffed by idiots who don't understand the EU funding rules, or they're just finding an excuse to make a positive sounding announcement... or both.

 

[SRE]

As DECC are clearly arguing that 7% interest on Green Deal is cheaper than alternative unsecured loans for that period then it could be argued that the loans are subsidised. I'm not saying that I agree - and there was clearly confusion because according to Yougen there were two very strongly stated cases either way. I'm no EU expert, I used to leave all of that to our Procurement Officers and haven't been involved in that for 4 years now, so I appreciate the clarification