Heat Trust's stakeholder Committee provides independent oversight of our Scheme.
The Committee's role is set out in our Company Bye-Laws (you can find a copy of these here). Its duties include recommending changes to our Scheme, through Modification Proposals, that it believes would better facilitate achievement of our Scheme Objectives. Heat Trust's Board makes the final decision on whether to approve Scheme Modification Proposals.
The Committee's members are drawn from relevant industry sectors, including heat suppliers as well as consumer and trade bodies. Representatives from Ofgem, DESNZ and Scottish Government also attend.
All Committee Members are required to act independently of their company in the best interests of our Scheme. Meetings are run by an independent Chair and Heat Trust provides the Secretariat.
Role | Name | Company | Voting? |
Independent Chair | Karen McArthur | N/A | Casting |
ADE representative | Mike Tisdell | Association of Decentralised Energy (ADE) | Yes |
Consumer representative | Alistair Hill | Consumer Scotland | Yes |
Consumer representative | Anne Pardoe | Citizens Advice (England & Wales) | Yes |
Consumer representative | Christine Tate | Scope | Yes |
Consumer representative | Matthew Lee | Citizens Advice Scotland | Yes |
Relevant sector representative | Lisa Gregory | Ginger Energy | Yes |
Independent expert | Ed Weightman | Severn Trent | Yes |
Independent expert | Emma Ashcroft | Carbon Trust | Yes |
Independent expert | Lorraine Haskell | Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) | Yes |
Registered Participant representative | Aleksandra Bak | Veolia | Yes |
Registered Participant representative | Rosie-may Tilley | SSE | Yes |
Board representative | Anna Eagar | Heat Trust Board | No |
UK Government representative | Tom Kavanagh-Rose | Department for Energy Security & Net Zero | No |
Scottish Government representative | Malcolm Rose | Scottish Government | No |
Ofgem representative | Tricia Quinn | Ofgem | No |
Following a change to our Company Bye-Laws, all non-confidential Committee meeting minutes for 2024 onwards will now be published here. We hope that this aids transparency and helps support the transition to future Ofgem regulation.