Fuel Poverty Action fights fuel poverty and climate destruction
Ending Fuel Poverty
We campaign for energy justice, and propose a solution: Energy For All.
About Fuel Poverty
Fuel poverty is on the rise. We urgently need to fix our broken energy system.
Our story
FPA was founded in 2011 with a clear mission: to tackle fuel poverty AND climate destruction.
Ofgem is failing us
Ofgem’s duty is to protect consumers. Instead, it’s protecting healthy profits for energy firms and lining shareholder pockets.
Means Testing: The Problem
With cuts to vital lifelines like the winter fuel payment, FPA co-founder Ruth London dives into means testing’s inherent flaws.
The Energy Pricing Revolution
We are all entitled to energy for heating, washing, lighting, cooking, connectivity, and medical needs. Let’s get the money back from the fossil fuel giants who are profiting from our unpayable bills!
What
Energy For All will give every household the essential energy they need to stay safe and well, for free. Higher amounts will be given to those in greater need due to age, health, disability, children or leaky housing. No unfair standing charges or prepayments. Not cut off when money is tight. And leaky homes upgraded.
Why
The UK is a wealthy nation, but millions are suffering from fuel starvation and forced to live in cold damp homes. Existing support is clearly inadequate and being further reduced. We need a real safety net that people don’t fall through. And pricing that is not upside-down, with poorer people forced to pay more per unit than the wealthy.
How
The money needed to give us all energy security can come from the grotesque profits being made by fossil fuel companies enjoying artificially inflated prices. And from higher tariffs for extravagant, wasteful use of energy. Our government is subsidising fossil fuels with millions of pounds every day. Fuel Poverty Action started the Energy For All campaign to end these injustices for good.
Fuel Poverty Voices
We can support your to share your experience of being ripped off by energy companies and failed by the government
Fuel Poverty Action is doing essential work. It is a pleasure volunteering for them and joining the national community
Chris Hay, Consultant Geriatrician and FPA member
Fuel Poverty Updates
Our latest blogs, updates, events, and press releases.
Read article: Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
By Lee Towers The Labour Government’s plans for a low-carbon transition are not fit for purpose. This factsheet outlines what hydrogen is and why it is not an efficient or cheap solution to home heating. Hydrogen should be seen as energy carrier – like a battery. It can be made in three main ways – […]
Read article: Fuel For Thought: make your union work for you
Fuel For Thought: make your union work for you
A discussion on trade unions, for union members: a chance to share your experiences of unions, hear from trade unionists with decades of experience between them, and ask them anything, days before May Day.
Read more about Fuel For Thought: make your union work for you
Read article: Retrofit for the Future campaign launches
Retrofit for the Future campaign launches
There’s no time to lose to fight fuel poverty and climate disaster.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with the Peace and Justice Project, ACORN, Greener Jobs Alliance and CACC to campaign for three key interventions in the retrofit debate: accountability for retrofit work, protecting renters and skilling up our workforce.
