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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds

Technician in uniform repairing heat pump
A household could save £555 a year with a heat pump instead of a gas boiler if electricity was made cheaper. Photograph: JulPo/Getty Images

Heat pumps could save households hundreds of pounds a year on heating bills, if the government took simple measures to reform the energy system, an analysis has found.

The average household’s heating bills could be roughly halved, saving about £555 a year with a heat pump instead of a gas boiler, if steps were taken to make electricity cheaper.

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