Rush to phase out gas risks leaving working families behind, energy boss warns
Heat pumps are only for the “privileged” who can afford them, the chief executive of Britain’s gas network has said.
Jon Butterworth, chief executive of National Gas, said many people would struggle to heat their homes unless they were offered alternatives such as hydrogen-powered boilers.
“My personal view is that I worry electrification feels like it’s for the privileged and that isn’t what our country is about,” he said in an interview with The Telegraph.
“We’ve got to electrify everything that we can. But I struggle to see how you electrify a flat in London with an air source heat pump. I just don’t see how that’s possible.