Big Problems Around The Corner:
Like many around West Berkshire I'm an Oil user for heating/hot water.
Alarmed to see in a trade magazine that the Government is intent on phasing out "off grid" appliances (eg oil) by as early as 2022. Perhaps cravenly following some EU edict?
Presumably initially would apply to New Builds not being signed off under Building Regs. if the builder had installed an oil or Calor heating system.
But will they also extend to banning existing users having an oil boiler replaced? Failure to comply with the new Regs. leads to unlimited fines apparently, as will apply with the updated Part L Building Regs from April 2018 regards fitting of any new boiler.
Article references DEVIZES; there 60% of the 25,000 dwellings are on oil; that constituency is represented by Claire Perry, the Minister of State for Climate Change & Industry.
Hopefully this'll get delayed ad infinitum, as getting all existing oil users to use electricity makes no sense as we're on a wafer's edge regards supply already.
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