Our Approach

Since the Panel was first  appointed, we have been working to:

• Engage widely with stakeholders across the fuel poverty landscape – in Scotland and beyond – including those with lived experience of fuel poverty, third sector organisations, national and local governments, and Ofgem.
• Reflect on the Scottish Government’s Tackling Fuel Poverty Strategy which shapes and sets the direction for fuel poverty policy in Scotland, offering advice and recommendations to the Scottish Government on the strategy and progress towards its outcomes. Specifically, offering advice on the shape of the revised Fuel Poverty Strategy in our response to the Scottish Government’s Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland: periodic report 2021-2024.
• Contribute to the work to mitigate fuel poverty through participating in cross-sector groups, key consultations, offering Ministers advice and exploring the possibilities for both short and longer-term measures to alleviate, and ultimately eradicate, fuel poverty.
• Achieve our vision, mission and principles (which follow below) and objectives. Our objectives are reflected in our Strategic Plan for April 2024 to March 2027 and our workplan for this year April 2026 to March 2027, and our previous two workplans.
• Sustain high standards of governance across the Panel’s work.