About this Handbook
20th edition - updated
This online edition of the Fuel Rights Handbook is free to access, thanks to funding from the Indigo Trust and the Clothworkers’ Foundation.
The authors
Barbara Donegan is a welfare rights worker at CPAG Scotland.
Energy Action Scotland is the national charity working for an end to fuel poverty and to promote warm, dry homes for all in Scotland.
Asma Mohyuddin is a debt and civil litigation solicitor at the Mary Ward Legal Centre in London.
Alan Murdie LL.B Barrister is a lawyer and is the chairman of Nucleus Legal Advice in London.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this book. In particular, thanks are due to Chantal German, Carri Swann and the team at Energy Action Scotland for their invaluable comments and assistance. Thanks too to the previous authors for their contribution to the book.
We would also like to thank Nicola Johnston for editing and managing the production of the book, Anne Ketley for the index and Pauline Phillips proofreading the text.
The law covered in this book was correct on 21 October 2022 and includes regulations laid up to this date.
Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Term in full |
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AA | attendance allowance |
ADP | adult disability payment |
BEIS | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
CA | carer’s allowance |
CDP | child disability payment |
CERT | Carbon Emissions Reduction Target |
CTC | child tax credit |
DAP | debt assignment protocol |
DEO | debt relief order |
DLA | disability living allowance |
DNO | distribution network operator |
DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
ECO | Energy Company Obligation |
EPC | energy performance certificate |
EPG | energy price guarantee |
ESA | employment and support allowance |
EHU | extra help unit |
EST | Energy Saving Trust |
FITs | feed-in tariffs |
FCA | Financial Conduct Authority |
HB | housing benefit |
HEEPS | Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland |
HHCRO | Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation |
IB | incapacity benefit |
IHD | in-home display |
IS | income support |
JSA | jobseeker’s allowance |
LAD | local authority delivery |
MCS | Microgeneration Certification Scheme |
NMO | National Measurement Office |
PC | pension credit |
PV | photovoltaic |
RHI | Renewable Heat Incentive |
UC | universal credit |
SEG | Smart Export Guarantee |
SLC | standard licence conditions |
TCR | tariff comparison rate |
TIL | tariff information label |
WHD | Warm Home Discount |
WTC | working tax credit |