| The Government scheme, which goes live on the | | | | Government's £400.00 allowance." |
| 18th of January 2010, entitles homeowners who | | | | However, unlike the Government's offer, |
| replace ‘G' rated boilers with an ‘A' rated | | | | gas-elec's g-warm scrappage plus+ campaign is |
| boiler to a £400.00 allowance. | | | | available to all customers – regardless of the |
| In Chancellor Alistair Darling's December | | | | boiler's rating. |
| pre-budget report he announced that up to | | | | "Homeowners will receive £400.00 cash back |
| 125,000 households with working boilers with the | | | | when the job is completed and paid. There is no |
| lowest ‘G' rating in England can apply for | | | | limit on the boiler's rating and the homeowner can |
| vouchers from the Energy Saving Trust towards | | | | decide from a range of boilers, which one they |
| ‘A' rated boilers or renewable heating | | | | would like to replace it with. The campaign will run |
| systems such as a biomass boiler or heat pump. | | | | in tandem with the Government's scheme," adds |
| He explained that "each inefficient boiler adds over | | | | John. |
| £200 to household bills and one tonne of carbon | | | | In addition, gas-elec is giving the g3 package free |
| to the atmosphere". | | | | of charge to all homeowners who utilise the |
| "While the Government's scheme targets a | | | | gas-elec g-warm scrappage plus+. |
| specific group of people, it disqualifies a huge | | | | "The g3 is gas-elec's Big Money-Saving Power |
| sector of the population who have for example | | | | Deal, which offers three additional great |
| an ‘E' rated boiler and would like to replace it | | | | money-saving tools to start saving £££s |
| with a ‘B' rated boiler," says John Davidson, | | | | today. We will give this to homeowners free of |
| managing director of gas-elec. "Homeowners in | | | | charge and entitles customers to a further |
| this situation would not qualify for the | | | | £400.00 in savings," adds John. |