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The Committee continues to recommend the Scottish Government works to improve how it demonstrates that annual budget allocations will deliver Scotland's climate targets in the longer term
Funding for energy efficiency
Early action on energy efficiency measures in the housing stock is critical.
Lo w Funding Business EnergyScotland may be able to provide funding for these recommended measures and can also offer free and impar tial suppor t to help small and medium-si zed enterprises save energy, carbon, and money.
That is recognised in the intent of the Scottish Government’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund which has the ambition to leverage in private investment and double the size of Scotland’s public charging network to 6,000 charge points by 2026.
Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport Michael Matheson MSP T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Mr Dean Lockhart Convener, Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee ([email protected]) ___ 6 May 2022 Dear Convener, I am writing to update the Committee on progress with establishing a National Public Energy Agency.
Dean Lockhart: To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to the Audit Scotland report, Supporting Scotland's Economic Growth, The role of the Scottish Government and its economic development agencies.
TSIs also have an important role in managing and distributing funds to go out to community and voluntary organisations such as the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing fund – year 4 funds are about to ‘go live’ across Scotland.
To address this, Scotland, in collaboration with the UK and Welsh governments, implemented the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023, which took effect in Scotland in January 2024.