The Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) and eight trade associations representing 4,000 businesses called on the government to honour its Warm Homes Plan pledge, in a statement dated March 20251. The group said the government should honour its £13.2 million Warm Homes Plan pledge1.
The same page also records an earlier call, dated May 2025, in which ECA joined 53 businesses and related trade bodies working on home upgrade installations, manufacturing and finance to sign a letter to government to honour its manifesto commitment to invest £13.2bn in the Warm Homes Plan1. The two figures differ: one entry gives £13.2 million and the other £13.2bn. The page does not reconcile them.
"ECA and eight trade associations representing 4,000 businesses called on the government to honour its £13.2 million Warm Homes Plan pledge."
The ECA's wider position on home energy is set out in its Safe Energy Transition Charter, which calls for faster clean electrification across heat, transport and power1. Among its stated asks are a review of fuel levies to bring parity between gas and electricity, a reduction in the price of electricity, and an expansion of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include installation of low carbon heating devices1. The page states that electricity is taxed four times more than gas1.
The ECA has also said that clean heat installations must be carried out by a competent person, in a June 2025 entry on the same page1. In January 2026 it warned that missing electrotechnical expertise, weak apprenticeship support and no installer representation threaten the Warm Homes Plan's successful delivery1.
Why it matters for households
The Warm Homes Plan is the funding route behind much of the home upgrade work that households encounter through grants and schemes, including insulation and heating measures. Whether the money is committed at the level the associations describe determines how much work can be funded and how quickly. The ECA's separate calls on electricity levies and on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme touch the running costs and upfront costs a household faces when changing how a home is heated1. Its warning about installer competence and representation concerns who carries out the work and to what standard1. For a home's energy independence, the practical questions are the size and continuity of the funding, the price relationship between gas and electricity, and the availability of qualified installers. The page does not state what the £13.2 million or £13.2bn would buy, over what period, or which measures would be covered.
What happens next
No next steps are given for the March 2025 call beyond the call itself1. The page records later ECA activity on related matters, including a November 2025 call with over 50 organisations to reduce electricity levies, an April 2026 welcome of the government's commitment to cheaper electricity, and a May 2026 launch of the Safe Energy Transition Charter1. It does not report a government response to the March 2025 call, and no outcome for the funding request has been reported1.
Sources1 cited
- A Safe Transition to Net Zero, eca.co.uk