Member

The amendment would implement Section 159 of the Energy Act 2023. It is interesting that there does not seem to be any problem with the supply side; the people I mentioned who service similar boilers at the moment can provide it. The great thing is that making this change can reduce emissions quickly and affordably, and therefore contribute to clean power and the net-zero objective: it is win-win, really. It is similar to the renewable transport fuel obligation, which the last Labour Government put in place. My suggestion is that we would start with a 20% blend of renewable liquid fuel, which can be done very quickly. That would show that there is enough feedstock and a minimum running cost increase to the consumer, which is important. There would be no requirement for changes to boilers, as I think the suppliers have all said.