Housebuilders should put solar panels on every roof to lower buyers' bills, ministers urged
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Housebuilders should lower buyers’ bills with solar panels on every roof, renewable energy charity and company chiefs have urged. Seven top executives have implored Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to support the Sunshine Bill during discussions in the new year. Liberal Democrats' Max Wilkinson has championed the bill, set for debate on January 17, aiming to legally enforce solar panel installation on newbuild roofs.
Mr Wilkinson said the proposal is “just really, really obvious” amid efforts to reduce carbon emissions and lower costs. “Taking this one simple step would pay back to new homeowners, via lower energy bills, in just a few short years, helping protect homeowners from high and fluctuating energy bills,” according to the letter.
It continued: “Pressure on the wider grid would be reduced and the likely outcome would be a reduction in the country’s emissions too, in line with climate change targets.”. The letter, bearing signatures of figures like Ecotricity's chief Asif Rehmanwala and E. On Next's residential newbuild director Matthew Hart, highlights cheap and attainable fixes to combat high energy costs and reduce carbon emissions: "The twin crises of high energy bills and climate change present this country with many challenges, but there are also a number of solutions that could be relatively easily implemented.".
