New Heating System

It's not fossil fuel heating but it is inefficient compared to a heat pump. With a storage heater you get the same amount of heat out as you put in with electricity. 

With a heat pump you can get three or four times as much heat out for the same amount of electricity. It's complicated but moving heat from the outside to the inside (sounds impossible but it's true) is easier that generating the heat directly. So it's basically a third or a quarter of the price in electricity for the same amount of heat. I'll restrain my inner physicist and stop there.

Peter

Ah, I was thinking of the electric shower and your new electric water heater. No it’s absolutely not a requirement to be with OVO to use this forum. I’m with Octopus as they have a smart tariff which I use as we have an electric car. We also have solar and battery, and a heat pump, which was a big improvement on the previous heating which was gas powered warm air. 

The imminent demise of Economy 7 has been mentioned on occasion ever since I first became personally involved ten years ago. The source you quote here is one of two I found, interestingly both from commercial enterprises keen to consult with and advise housing providers at vast expense on how to proceed when the properties they own no longer have any affordable heating option. I haven’t yet found any authoritative basis for the pronouncement, but I’d expect there to be one, from the energy suppliers’ and networks’ industry bodies if no-one else. ‘By 2030’ is only three years away, so well within medium-term budgeting scopes. 

Where can I direct my landlady to find official notification that steps will have to be taken within a year or two to ensure my house remains both inhabitable and affordable?