Energy Company Obligation

(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much each of the Big Six energy companies allocated to the Energy Company Obligation in each of the last five years for which figures are available.


Answered by
 Portrait
Claire Perry
This question was answered on 13th September 2018

The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme started in January 2013 and requires obligated energy suppliers to install energy efficiency and heating measures to people’s homes in England, Scotland and Wales.

ECO is funded at £640 million per annum (2017 prices, rising with inflation). At the start of each scheme, suppliers have been set targets (measured in either carbon emission reductions or bill saving reductions) that they need to achieve.

The table below sets out which suppliers have been obligated under the scheme between 2013 and 2018. There are currently fifteen obligated suppliers. More suppliers are likely to be obligated under ECO3, starting later this year, as the obligation thresholds will be lowered from 250,000 customer accounts to 200,000 and then 150,000.

The report on how obligated suppliers met their ECO1 targets is available at:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/energy-companies-obligation-eco1-final-report

The report on how obligated suppliers met their ECO2 targets is available at:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/energy-company-obligation-eco2-csco-final-report

Energy Company Obligation 2013 – 2018: Obligated Energy Suppliers

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

British Gas

British Gas

British Gas

British Gas

British Gas

EDF Energy Customers plc

Co-operative Energy

Co-operative Energy

Co-operative Energy

Co-operative Energy

EON

EDF Energy

EDF Energy

EDF Energy

Economy Energy

First Utility Ltd

EON

EON

EON

EDF Energy

Npower

First Utility Ltd

First Utility Ltd

Extra Energy

EON

Scottish Power Energy Retail Limited

Npower

Npower

First Utility Ltd

Extra Energy

SSE

Ovo

Ovo

Npower

First Utility

Scottish Power Energy Retail Limited

Scottish Power Energy Retail Limited

Ovo

Flow Energy

SSE

SSE

Scottish Power Energy Retail Limited

Npower

The Utility Warehouse

The Utility Warehouse

SSE

Ovo

Utilita

The Utility Warehouse

Scottish Power Energy Retail Limited

Utilita

Spark Energy

SSE

The Utility Warehouse

Utilita

Reticulating Splines