We were pleased to welcome Chris Pomfret, Founder of Community Buying unLimited to the third green breakfast of the Autumn 2012 series at Oxford on 14 November.
15. The Rural Energy Smart Grid
• Knowledge is power ‐ online platform
• Remote monitoring ‐ planning
• Energy saving, money saving
• Connecting the dots
• Smoothing supply issues
• Create 1000 jobs in 2013 for NEETS
• Endless possibilities ‐ payment
• INFORMS DECC ‐ Smart Meter
• Community OIL fund ‐ 5%
• Extracting 50 million tons of CO2
Beyond the Triple Bottom Line
19. From a tiny village group…
• Largest community OIL buyers by volume – most ethical model
• 22 Rural Community Councils – sustainable income
• Housing Associations – reaching the vulnerable
• Tim Smit & Eden Project – Cornwall Together
• Fuel poverty – pay as you go OIL
• Transparency
• Rural Dual Fuel
• Carbon emission offsets
• Northern Ireland
• Behaviour change – energy management & security
• Energy change – renewable revolution
• Triple Bottom Line perfection – FUEL POOR, NEETS, REDUCED CO2