Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) chief executive Mike Foster has claimed the Government's plan to extend the heat pump rollout is dead in the water in the face of the cost-of-living crisis. The Express reports one of the Government's strategies is to phase out gas boilers and replace them with energy-efficient heat pumps, but this faces massive problems with spiralling energy bills leaving householders feeling the pinch.
Heat pumps are expensive for many, even with support from the Government’s £5,000 Boiler Upgrade subsidy, and Mr Foster said: "Research dictates a quarter of UK households across the UK have no savings, with some areas like the West Midlands at 42%. To continue to have a policy that asks people in the middle of an energy crisis to fit a heat pump costing as much as £10,000 is frankly perverse.
“The Government needs to urgently come up with a credible domestic heating strategy that gives us a road map to heat our homes and deliver net zero.”
