{"id":5442,"date":"2013-08-23T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T11:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5442"},"modified":"2013-09-10T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T14:30:00","slug":"household-energy-consumption-drops-but-energy-companies-counter-by-putting-up-prices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5442","title":{"rendered":"Household Energy Consumption Drops But Energy Companies Counter by putting up Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The amount of energy consumed by the average household is reputed to have dropped dramatically since 2005, with the Office for National Statistics indicating that the drop in energy consumption between 2005-2011 in particular was substantial: almost 25% for electricity and 29% for gas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Those overall falls have come, many say, in response to consistent price rises from energy providers. But with energy companies claiming that their prices are rising due to falling demand and a requirement to protect their profits in turbulent times, it is a case of which came first; the chicken or the egg?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As well as the price rise argument, commentators have attributed the decline of energy consumption to improvements in the efficiency of new properties, particularly with regard to modern insulation and sustainability requirements, and the upgrading of older properties. Much of the latter is down to the Government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efforts under the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) to force providers to fund substantial, energy reducing renovations \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like internal and external wall insulation. The Government, of course, has stressed this as a major factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition, many homeowners have been converted to the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgreen conscious\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ranks and substantial numbers are using a little less heat and energy as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Concerns have been raised, however, that it is the rising of prices to untenable levels that has cut demand, reflecting the inability of many households simply to pay the bills. Some sources are reporting that energy bills have overtaken mortgage repayments as a typical UK household\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cynics have suggested that the price rises from the big energy companies are actually well <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">above<\/span> the wholesale price increases necessary to protect the energy companies\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Richard Lloyd from the influential consumer group Which? said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Energy Efficiency measures may have played a part in the fall in Energy usage, but the fact is many consumers will have cut back in order to save money in the face of spiralling prices and squeezed incomes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need simple energy pricing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.and for all energy policy costs to be scrutinised by the National Audit Office.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whether the National Audit Office has the teeth and influence to reduce the potentially unjustified price increases from (increasingly foreign) energy companies is debatable.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, how many of our essential water and energy companies are still British?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over the last few weeks Npower has announced it is to raise its prices.\u00c2\u00a0 It is the fifth of the six big energy companies to do so.\u00c2\u00a0 The price rises are 7.2% for electricity and 15.7% for gas, which both commence from 1st October 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chartered Surveyors of the PropertySurveying.co.uk network can and do create Chartered Surveyors\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Reports under the ECO scheme mentioned in this article. These are required to secure funding for insulating Hard-to-Treat cavities, amongst other things. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hesitate to contact the Survey Desk to find out whether one of our members can assist you:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a00800 880 6264<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\">www.propertysurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SJ \/ LCB \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a019\/08\/2013<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of energy consumed by the average household is reputed to have dropped dramatically since 2005, with the Office for National Statistics indicating that the drop in energy consumption between 2005-2011 in particular was substantial: almost 25% for electricity and 29% for gas. Those overall falls have come, many say, in response to consistent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5442\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Household Energy Consumption Drops But Energy Companies Counter by putting up Prices&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-5442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Household Energy Consumption Drops But Energy Companies Counter by putting up Prices  - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5442\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Household Energy Consumption Drops But Energy Companies Counter by putting up Prices  - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The amount of energy consumed by the average household is reputed to have dropped dramatically since 2005, with the Office for National Statistics indicating that the drop in energy consumption between 2005-2011 in particular was substantial: almost 25% for electricity and 29% for gas. 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