Heat Pump Sector Deal Expert Advisory Group: Scottish Government response

Recommendation 10

The Scottish Government should continue to work with the UK Government to support heat pump deployment through energy market reforms.

Scottish Government Response

Scottish Government continue to press the UK Government for more urgent steps to enable delivery in Scotland, for example to address market disincentives to switching to zero emissions heat.

We welcome the Expert Advisory Group's recognition that energy bill reform is required to properly incentivise low-carbon heating, rebalancing the costs on energy bills could reduce the premium paid by households using on electric heating and incentivise the deployment of low and zero emissions heating, however greater urgency and clarity is required.

We have engaged with the UK Government on their commitment to rebalance gas and electricity tariffs away from electricity bills, and have met with BEIS to request details of how this rebalancing will be structured. We have several times called for the publication of the delayed Affordability and Fairness Review from BEIS which is expected this year and will continue to seek more information from the UK Government to ensure that this rebalancing takes full account of the needs of Scottish consumers.