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Unfortunately here in the UK electricity is roughly four times the price of gas per kWh. It’s something those of us working on clean heating are pushing hard to change (one reason is because of government taxes on electricity). Her point is correct

Full report here: www.nesta.org.uk/report/testi...

This gives us some food for thought. We’re keen to explore if /how neighbourhood schemes can help more people switch to clean heat

The research suggests it’s not a slam dunk. Scheme need to be more financially attractive than alternatives. Reducing hassle alone probably isn’t a big enough pull

Interestingly, people thought they were more likely than their neighbours to be interested in an area-based scheme

When we added in conditions that made costs more attractive, more people chose the coordinated switching option

Giving the option to spread upfront costs over time (at 0% interest) created a statistically significant increase in the % of people choosing low-carbon

We didn’t find any evidence that neighbourhood schemes would shift behaviour simply on virtue of being coordinated

Roughly the same proportion of people chose ‘low carbon’ in the control group (organise it yourself) and the basic coordinated switching group (be part of a scheme)

They were asked to make two choices - first, assuming the two systems cost the same, and second, assuming the low carbon system was more expensive

(We know cost is a big driver, so we wanted to try and separate out cost from other potential influences)

Participants were told they needed to change this boiler and offered a choice between a new boiler and a low carbon heating system. They were randomly assigned to see a ‘control’ offer (organise it yourself) or a ‘coordinated switching’ offer (be part of a scheme)

Thanks!

Dammit, missed an opportunity to start this thread with ‘Since we’re all talking about tariffs’

Snugg has done a nice guide to UK heat pump tariffs (last updated in January)

www.snugg.com/blog/underst....