Question follow-through · 31283
Energy Company Obligation: Heat Networks
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on funding for shared ground loops under the Energy Company Obligation Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on funding for shared ground loops under the Energy Company Obligation Scheme.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
There is provision within the rules of ECO4 for shared ground loops to be delivered. ECO4 is not funded by government. Rather, the government requires energy suppliers to deliver energy efficiency measures to eligible households. The energy suppliers fund...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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