Northumberland County Council is moving the delivery of the government's Green Homes Grant scheme in-house, ending its partnership with energy giant Eon after a critical report laid a number of issues bare
Speaking at Monday's meeting of the council's Corporate Services and Economic Growth overview and scrutiny committee meeting, council leader Glen Sanderson said the company had not been "the right partner" after 137 projects were delivered from 345 applications.
In April, a Bedlington resident heavily criticised the scheme after the deadline was missed to complete the installation of solar panels to her home. The council apologised to those people who had not had work completed, blaming "extremely tight time frames, Covid, and multiple supply chain issues across many key sectors."
