Publication - Consultation paper

Heat networks target 2035 consultation: business and regulatory impact assessment - partial

Published: 17 November 2023
Directorate: Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Energy, Environment and climate change
ISBN: 9781835213698

Partial business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) to our consultation on the 2035 target for the amount of heat to be supplied by heat networks.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. Heat networks delivery plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2. Heat in Buildings Strategy - achieving net zero emissions in Scotland's buildings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3. Energy Bill [HL] - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

4. Heat networks: building a market framework - GOV .UK (www.gov.uk)

5. Heat networks market framework: impact assessment (publishing.service.gov.uk)

6. Heat networks regulation: consumer protection - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

7. Scottish Energy Statistics Hub > Energy Efficiency > Demand Reduction > Heat Consumption > Sector. Non-electrical heat consumption value in 2019 of 78.726 TWh.

8. Draft HNDP Public Consultation Analysis

9. Potential heat network zones: first national assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10. Scotland Heat Map: information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Home Analytics housing stock data - Energy Saving Trust

12. Unpublished dataset developed by Energy Saving Trust on behalf of Scottish Government to provide more detailed address-level information about the non-domestic building stock in Scotland. Similar to Home Analytics.

13. LHEES Guidance available at: Local heat and energy efficiency strategies and delivery plans: guidance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). LHEES methodology is available on request by contacting LHEES@gov.scot

14. Scottish Energy Statistics Hub > Energy Efficiency > Demand Reduction > Heat Consumption > Sector. Non-electrical heat consumption value in 2019 of 78.726 TWh.

15. ONS (2021). UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and employment size band. Retrieved via NOMIS, 11/05/2023. API: IDBRENT

16. Employment includes employees plus the number of working owners. BRES therefore includes self-employed workers as long as they are registered for Value Added Tax (VAT) or Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) schemes. Self-employed people not registered for these, along with HM Forces and Government Supported trainees, are excluded. Working owners are typically sole traders, sole proprietors or partners who receive drawings or a share of the profits.

17. This sector is given by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007) code 35.30, representing steam and air conditioning supply. Further information on SIC 2007 is available here: UK SIC 2007 - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

18. Ibid.

19. ONS (2021). UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and employment size band. Retrieved via NOMIS, 11/05/2023. API: IDBRENT

20. Assessment of the Costs, Performance, and Characteristics of UK Heat Networks

21. Heat in Buildings Strategy BRIA

22. Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill BRIA

23 Energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (recast)