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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Miatta Fahnbulleh in the last 90 days

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• 23 Jan 2025: Tweet

  RT @EnergyCloud_org: Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, Minister for Energy Consumers, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will deliver the keyn… [Source]

• 22 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  The draft regulations were laid before the House on 28 November 2024. As heat networks have not yet been debated in this Parliament, I want to say a few words about the context for the draft regulations. Some 23% of the United Kingdom’s carbon emissions come from heating buildings, so decarbonising heat is key to reaching our net zero commitments and to reducing our reliance on international fossil fuels as we sprint to clean power by 2030. Heat pumps and heat networks are the two principal technologies that we believe will achieve that.

  I would love to give the right hon. Gentleman a number, but as it is not fully in our gift, because we are working with industry partners to get to the scale we want to achieve, I will refrain from doing so at the moment. But will he please be absolutely reassured that we are trying to run at pace? I see the huge potential of heat networks. They are a way in which we can not only decarbonise our urban centres, but fundamentally lower bills for large numbers of consumers. We are doing everything we can to reassure industry, put incentives in place and ensure that we have a regulatory framework that absolutely works for industries and for consumers so that we can get to 20% sooner rather than later.

  Full debate: Draft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025

• 13 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Making the transition to cleaner, cheaper heating is one of the most important challenges that we face as a country. We are absolutely determined to make that transition in a way that is ambitious, achievable and, critically, absolutely affordable for consumers. Every household deserves the security of a home that they can afford to heat and we believe heat pumps have a key role to play in that. Heat pumps are, on average, three times more efficient than gas boilers and are powered by electricity that becomes cleaner every year as the share of renewables on the grid grows. Heat pumps can therefore slash the level of energy we use for heating and reduce our reliance on gas. That reliance cannot be overstated: nearly half of the UK’s total natural gas consumption every year is currently used for heating buildings, producing roughly a quarter of total greenhouse gas emissions.

  Full debate: Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024

• 8 Jan 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  We recognise that heat batteries are a promising alternative electric heating technology. That is why we have launched the homes for net zero project, which is aiming to monitor the performance of up to 50 heat batteries in existing homes. We are expecting the results of that later this year. The key thing for us as we make the decision is whether it is a good deal for consumers. Is it efficient, is it cost-effective, and does it deliver the right outcomes—the outcomes that we need to see in people’s homes? As we build that evidence base and we build our confidence that it is the right proposition for consumers, we will look to review the policy framework, including subsidies, as we move forward.

  Full debate: Heat Batteries: Decarbonising Homes

• 17 Dec 2024: Tweet

  For too long, families have faced draughty homes, sky-high bills, and an energy crisis caused by Tory failure to insulate homes and invest in green energy. Labour is taking action now to deliver cleaner, cheaper heating for households. My @Southwark_News column here ???????? https://twitter.com/Southwark_News/status/1868989600229675046 [Source]

• 10 Dec 2024: Tweet

  I addressed the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee's session on retrofitting homes for net zero. Households want to see that the benefit to installing heat pumps, solar panels or insulation is a reduction in energy bills. This is what our Warm Homes Plan will deliver. https://x.com/Miatsf/status/1866556877330583707/video/1 [Source]

• 04 Dec 2024: Tweet

  Today, I am addressing the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee's session on retrofitting homes for net zero. Recent energy shocks have demonstrated the urgent need to improve households' energy efficiency, and I will set out the steps we are taking to achieve this goal. https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8655/retrofitting-homes-for-net-zero/news/204117/how-do-we-retrofit-uk-homes-for-net-zero/ [Source]

• 3 Dec 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  These draft regulations were laid before the House on 20 October 2024. Last week, the Secretary of State updated the House on COP29 and reiterated what we already knew—that speeding up our transition to clean power is in our national interest. It is the best way to bolster our energy security, getting us off the rollercoaster of fossil fuels, which we do not control. It is the best way to spark economic growth across the country, with hundreds of thousands of new jobs, particularly in our industrial heartlands, and to tackle the climate crisis for today’s and future generations. That is why this Government are running at our clean power by 2030 mission, and this instrument will contribute towards that march.

  The CfD scheme did not previously have a policy on repowering built into it; these regulations will ensure that we do, to ensure that eligible generation capacity can apply for CfDs. In designing this policy, we are ensuring that we balance our objectives around decarbonisation, consumer value for money and security of supply by enabling repowering only for projects that both align with the fundamental aims of our CfD programme and, critically, have reached the end of their life and their operating life.

  Full debate: Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

  Let me respond directly to the question on bills. We are as exercised by and committed to protecting consumers through the transition to net zero. I say this is as the Minister for Energy whose job it is to protect consumers. Our judgment is that we have seen sky-high energy prices as a result of our dependence on international fossil fuel markets. Families at the moment are suffering the impacts of that reliance. The way that we break that is to break the dependence on fossil fuels and make the transition to clean power. All our analysis suggests that if we get this right, combined with interventions on energy efficiency and upgrading people’s homes, we will bear down on bills.

  Full debate: Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

• 24 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @Ed_Miliband: My statement on the #COP29 outcomes: ???? This is a critical eleventh hour deal at the eleventh hour for the climate. It is… [Source]

• 21 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @SkyNews: 'He was very inspirational for many of us' Energy Security and Net Zero Minister @Miatsf says is it 'incredibly sad' to hear… [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  As the first step towards the warm homes plan, we have committed an initial £3.4 billion. That includes £1 billion towards public sector decarbonisation, because we know that we have to ensure that our schools and hospitals reduce their energy bills.

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

  I completely agree; decarbonising our public sector will not only reduce emissions but lower bills. We estimate that the £1 billion that we have allocated to public sector decarbonisation will reduce bills by about £40 million per year. That is a big step forward, but there is more work to do.

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions