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Remove environmental taxes from electricity to encourage heat pump installations

Submitted by Edward Thompson on Monday 7th June 2021

Published on Monday 14th June 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 14th December 2021

Signatures: 1,218

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Remove environmental taxes from electricity to encourage heat pump installations

Petition Details

Around 23% of electricity bills are made up of environmental and social levies, including the Climate Change Levy (CCL), while these levies make up just 2% of gas bills.

Additional Information

These taxes are surely a significant barrier to the decarbonisation of heat in the UK, and simply further encourage the burning of fossil fuels.

The Government needs to eliminate environmental levies on electricity to encourage people to install heat pumps without the disincentive of such high costs, to help fight climate change.
It seems impossible for the UK to even begin to achieve the Prime Minister's aim of 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 until it eliminates the taxes on electricity that are surely discouraging heat pump installations.


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