Labour’s plan to make a ten year energy efficiency strategy a national infrastructure priority, was welcomed by industry today.

The announcement was made by Caroline Flint, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and reiterated by Labour leader Ed Miliband in his speech exactly a year on from the conference speech in which he announced an energy price freeze and the changes that followed to the UK’s main energy efficiency scheme, the Energy Company Obligation.

See Caroline Flint’s speech on energy efficiency strategy

Dave Sowden, Chief Executive of the Sustainable
Energy Association said:

“The placing of energy efficiency in such a prominent policy position with a long-term plan is to be welcomed. The energy efficiency sector has recently been badly damaged by short-term changes in policy and has called for a long-term plan to restore industry and investor confidence. This ten year plan is consistent with the clear evidence that a focus on our buildings can deliver our energy goals with considerable savings to the economy.”

“This is a bold start that starts quite correctly with energy efficiency. We look forward to continuing to work with Labour and the other mainstream parties as they approach the election to produce a comprehensive Energy in Buildings Strategy that covers energy efficiency, heating and use of electricity in a properly integrated, stable and long-term policy framework.”

See full article with Dave Sowden on BusinessGreen