Greener Homes Boost To Become Law
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Parliament is set to write into law a series of new measures that would help to cut energy bills for millions of home-owners.
The Energy Bill aims to allow people to use the savings they make from environmentally-friendly home improvements to literally pay for themselves, with payments coming out of the savings they make on gas and electricity bills under the new Green Deal. The new law will cover eco-friendly improvements to the home such as loft insulation and double glazing.
Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, who is also Energy and Climate Change Secretary for the UK, said that the new scheme was "the first of its kind anywhere in the world". Huhne went on to say that he believed the new scheme would help people insure against rising energy prices in the future and help the poorest families escape fuel poverty by saving them money on their bills.
The Energy Bill has received support from across the political parties and was passed by the House of Lords in March. The peers accepted a series of amendments introduced in the House of Commons without votes.
The Energy Bill is now awaiting Royal Assent before it passes into law.
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