Power 2020
kick-starting Britain's energy revolution
Policy Forum 1
What will an energy price freeze mean for the consumer in 2017?
4 March 2014 - 6pm to 8pm - Grand Committee Room - House of Commons
The first roundtable in the Power 2020 series will focus on the consumer and how to tackle rising energy costs for the fuel poor.
Government moves to reduce energy bills by removing the costs of some energy efficiency schemes away from energy companies and Labour’s plans for a price freeze to 2017 have put energy policy in the spotlight, but what choices do consumers really have to reduce their costs?
It is clear that there is a difference between the price of energy and the cost of energy to the consumer. Many see investment in energy efficiency as the most cost effective way to reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty. OR is collective switching the answer to reducing the cost of energy for consumers? What should policy makers really be doing and saying about reducing the numbers of fuel poor deaths and consumers who are being squeezed by high energy prices.
The first in our Power 2020 series will ask if price freezing is the answer and what will happen after 2017? It will bring national consumer and fuel poverty campaigners together with the industry, decision makers and key politicians.
About Power 2020
Power 2020 is a national policy forum established to help kick start Britain’s energy revolution and change mind-sets.
Energy is in the policy spotlight following Labour’s promise to freeze energy prices and Government moves to reduce bills by removing the costs of some energy efficiency schemes away from energy companies.
The political battleground on energy prices comes at a time when the UK needs to attract significant investment to ensure the UK can enjoy security of supply as well as meet its climate change obligations.
The Power 2020 series of roundtable events will put the UK’s energy policy under the microscope and assess what needs to be done to respond to growing consumer, industry and business concerns over rising energy prices and lack of investment.
On the road to 2015, the Power 2020 series of policy roundtable events will kick start the debate between industry leaders and the key policy makers from each political party to find the answers to the BIG energy questions and shape tomorrow’s thinking.