Clwyd West AM Darren Millar is supporting Big Energy Saving Week (27 – 31 January) by encouraging householders in Conwy and Denbighshire to ‘Check-Switch-Insulate’ and adopt energy saving behaviours to cut their fuel bills.
Darren is backing Citizens Advice, Energy Saving Trust, Government, energy suppliers, Acre, Age UK and other voluntary and charitable organisations which have joined together for this years’ Big Energy Saving Week, to help householders save energy and cut household bills by advising them to follow the three action points below:
CHECK – with their energy supplier to make sure that they are offering their best tariff and payment plan for their circumstances.
SWITCH – visit an accredited switching website to see if there’s a better energy deal.
INSULATE- keep in the heat by insulating the cavity walls and the loft of their home.
Duncan McCombie, Director of the Energy Saving Trust in Wales, said:
“Just a few small changes to day-to-day life can have a profound impact on the amount of energy being consumed and the carbon being produced as a nation.
“Energy saving works best when it doesn’t mean huge lifestyle changes. We are all suffering from increasingly hectic lifestyles. For example, the average family in Wales could save between £50 and £90 a year just by remembering to turn things off standby.”
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar, said:
“In these economic times, the cash savings that go hand in hand with cutting energy use in households shows that there’s never been a more prudent time to commit to saving energy.
“I’d urge people across North Wales to Check—Switch—Insulate this Big Energy Saving Week in a bid to save energy and help keep household bills down.”
For more information on Big Energy Saving Week visit- www.bigenergysavingweek.org.uk or for more energy saving tips and advice visit the Energy Saving Trust’s website, www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Wales.
