Fuel Poverty, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) Installations and Ethnicity in England: report for the Committee on Fuel Poverty

Summary

This report addresses a potential hidden inequality in access to energy efficiency schemes for ethnic minority communities residing in fuel-poor areas across England. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero conducted an analysis of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme's delivery, correlating it with 2021 Census ethnicity data at local authority levels. The findings indicate no evidence of disproportionately lower ECO delivery in areas with high ethnic minority populations; conversely, several regions showed higher ECO installation rates in such areas, suggesting the scheme is not contributing to inequality of access.

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