Energy saving Green Deal scheme
The UK government has announced one of the most ambitious energy saving scheme ever allowing up to £10,000 to be spent on energy saving products from insulation, new high efficient central heating boiler to solar panels. The cost of the improvements will be in the form of a loan that will be repaid as part of your energy bill. This scheme is already behind schedule, it is now planned for last quarter 2012, given the state of the economy this initiative is needed now. I personally would like to upgrade my central heating boiler to a new condensing boiler and fit photovoltaic solar panels to my roof and I would like to take the benefit this year not 2013 which it will be before the system is sorted applications are processed, surveys have been completed and work has been completed.
I do hope like most government schemes the paranoia of misappropriation of funds will not lead to the usual bureaucracy, employing vast amounts of consultants who add no value to the process other than provide the bureaucrats with degree of confidence.
So why is this taking so long, the government regulates the energy companies if it wants to force them to collect the loan repayments they just need to pass the legislation, as for the companies providing the products why not just issue a tender award a number of companies the rights and let them do the rest.
It is unlikely that this scheme will be on time as with most government schemes they seem to be incapable of speedy implementation of an initiative, the hole process is so bogged down with unnecessary bureaucracy choking the system, is it not time to have a rethink and streamline government
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