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Energy Crisis:
Contact your elected representatives to make a difference

Last updated: November 2024

As you are probably aware, we are in the midst of an energy crisis and you can make a difference by getting in contact with your elected representatives.

Tweet your MP

If you want to contact your MP via Twitter:

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Copy the tweet below, including your MP’s twitter handle and include the hashtags #EnergyCrisis #TargetedEnergySupport #SocialTariff
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Suggested tweet:
“I’m a constituent, @MPTWITTERHANDLE, and I’m calling on you to back @NEA_UKCharity and provide greater financial support for the most vulnerable during the #EnergyCrisis. Those in fuel poverty need a #SocialTariff”

Write to your MP

If you want to contact your MP by email:

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Copy the letter below and amend it to include – your MP’s name, your name and your address with postcode (you must include this so they know you are a constituent).
If you have time, then please amend the letter as you see fit. The more personal the letter, the more likely your MP is to pay attention.
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TEMPLATE LETTER FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

(Please amend the letter as you see fit. The more personal the letter, the more likely your MP is to pay attention.)

Your name
Address
Postcode

Your MP’s name
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Dear XX MP

With higher energy bills and less support available for vulnerable households this winter, I am writing to you as my local MP, to ask for your support.

Virtually all direct energy bill support has now been withdrawn. Please encourage the UK Government to urgently make energy more affordable for low-income households. This can be achieved early next year by extending current energy discounts and consulting on new mechanisms like a social tariff for energy. Levels of energy debt are at record levels and will soar even higher this winter with higher energy bills and less support. Ofgem and the UK Government must work with the industry to support households to repay energy debt to put extra money back into people’s pockets and support local economies.

These measures are desperately needed by millions of the most vulnerable in our society who are badly struggling across the whole of the UK. In the longer term, our homes are the least efficient in Europe, meaning we are needing to spend much more money to keep warm. The UK Government is currently developing a Warm Homes Plan to meets its manifesto pledge to spend £13.2bn on decarbonising homes, with a main aim of making fuel poor homes more energy efficient. This pledge must be met in full.

Failing to act will leave the most vulnerable households in unimaginable positions, so concerned about their energy bills that they don’t switch their heating on at all. Young children, who aren’t able to eat a warm meal or bathe. People with medical issues so scared by soaring levels of energy debt they are turning down their heating to dangerous levels or not running medical equipment, despite it being potentially fatal or putting needless pressures on our already stretched health services.

The desperate consequences of unaffordable bills are entirely preventable. The solutions are known, and I urge you to do all that you can in Parliament to raise them on my behalf.

Yours sincerely,

Your name

TEMPLATE LETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENEDD

(Please amend the letter as you see fit. The more personal the letter, the more likely your MS is to pay attention.)

Your Name
Address
Post Code

Your MS’s Name
Senedd Cymru
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN

Dear XX MS

With higher energy bills and less support available for vulnerable households this winter, I am writing to you to as my local MS, to ask for your support.

Virtually all direct energy bill support has now been withdrawn. Please encourage the Welsh Government to work with the UK Government to urgently make energy more affordable for low-income households. This can be achieved early next year by extending current energy discounts and consulting on new mechanisms like a social tariff for energy. Energy debt is at record levels and will soar even higher this winter. Ofgem and the UK Government must work with the industry to support households to repay energy debt to put extra money back into people’s pockets and support local economies.

These measures are desperately needed by the most vulnerable in our society who are badly struggling across the whole of Wales. In the longer term, our homes are the least efficient in Europe, meaning we are needing to spend much more money than is needed to keep warm. I would welcome you askingthe Welsh Government to significantly scale up investment in its flagship programme to tackle fuel poverty, the Warm Homes Programme, utilising consequentials from the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan to enable this. This will help to make the homes of those most in need much warmer, greener, healthier places to live, with energy bills that are permanently low.

Not taking such action will leave the most vulnerable households in unimaginable positions, so concerned about their energy bills that they don’t switch their heating on at all. Young children, who aren’t able to eat a warm meal or bathe. People with medical issues so scared by soaring levels of energy debt they are turning down their heating to dangerous levels or not running medical equipment, despite it being potentially fatal or putting needless pressures on our already stretched health services.

The desperate consequences of unaffordable bills are entirely preventable. The solutions are known, and I urge you to do all that you can in the Senedd to raise them on my behalf.

Yours sincerely,

Your Name

TEMPLATE LETTER FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (WELSH LANGUAGE)

(Diwygiwch y llythyr fel y gwelwch yn briodol. Po fwyaf personol y mae’r llythyr, y mwyaf yw’r tebygolrwydd y bydd eich AS yn talu sylw iddo.)

Eich Enw
Cyfeiriad
Côd post

Enw eich AS
Tŷ’r Cyffredin
Llundain
SW1A 0AA

Annwyl XX AS

Gyda biliau ynni uwch a llai o gymorth ar gael i aelwydydd agored i niwed y gaeaf hwn, rwy’n ysgrifennu atoch fel fy AS lleol, i ofyn am eich cefnogaeth.

Mae bron yr holl gymorth biliau ynni uniongyrchol bellach wedi’i ddileu. A fyddech cystal ag annog Llywodraeth y DU ar fyrder i wneud ynni’n fwy fforddiadwy i aelwydydd incwm isel. Gellir cyflawni hyn yn gynnar y flwyddyn nesaf drwy ymestyn y gostyngiadau ynni presennol ac ymgynghori ar fecanweithiau newydd fel tariff cymdeithasol ar gyfer ynni. Mae dyled ynni ar ei lefel uchaf erioed a bydd yn esgyn ymhellach fyth y gaeaf hwn gyda biliau ynni uwch a llai o gymorth. Rhaid i Ofgem a Llywodraeth y DU weithio gyda’r diwydiant i gefnogi aelwydydd i ad-dalu dyled ynni er mwyn rhoi arian yn ôl ym mhocedi pobl a chefnogi economïau lleol.

Mae dirfawr angen y mesurau hyn ar filiynau o’r rhai mwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas sy’n wynebu caledi mawr ar draws y DU gyfan. Yn y tymor hwy, ein cartrefi ni yw’r rhai lleiaf effeithlon yn Ewrop, sy’n golygu bod angen i ni wario llawer mwy o arian i gadw’n gynnes. Mae Llywodraeth y DU wrthi’n datblygu Cynllun Cartrefi Clyd i gyflawni ei haddewid maniffesto i wario £13.2 biliwn ar ddatgarboneiddio cartrefi, gyda phrif nod o wneud cartrefi mewn tlodi tanwydd yn fwy ynni-effeithlon. Rhaid cyflawni’r addewid hwn yn llawn.

Bydd methu â gweithredu’n gadael yr aelwydydd mwyaf agored i niwed mewn sefyllfaoedd annirnadwy, yn poeni cymaint am eu biliau ynni nad ydynt yn troi eu gwres ymlaen o gwbl. Plant ifanc na allant fwyta pryd o fwyd cynnes neu ymolchi. Pobl â phroblemau meddygol sy’n troi eu gwres i lawr i lefelau peryglus neu ddim yn rhedeg offer meddygol, er ei fod o bosibl yn angheuol neu’n rhoi pwysau diangen ar ein gwasanaethau iechyd sydd eisoes dan bwysau oherwydd i lefelau cynyddol o ddyled ynni beri cymaint o ofn iddynt.

Gellir atal canlyniadau enbyd biliau anfforddiadwy yn gyfan gwbl. Mae’r atebion yn hysbys, ac rwy’n eich annog i wneud popeth a allwch yn Senedd y DU i’w codi ar fy rhan.

Yn gywir,

Eich Enw

TEMPLATE LETTER FOR MEMBERS OF SENEDD (WELSH LANGUAGE)

(Diwygiwch y llythyr fel y gwelwch yn briodol. Po fwyaf personol y mae’r llythyr, y mwyaf yw’r tebygolrwydd y bydd eich Aelod o’r Senedd yn talu sylw iddo.)

Eich Enw
Cyfeiriad
Côd Post

Enw eich Aelod o’r Senedd
Senedd Cymru
Bae Caerdydd
Caerdydd
CF99 1SN

Annwyl XX Aelod o’r Senedd

Gyda biliau ynni uwch a llai o gymorth ar gael i aelwydydd agored i niwed y gaeaf hwn, rwy’n ysgrifennu atoch fel fy Aelod lleol o’r Senedd, i ofyn am eich cefnogaeth.

Mae bron yr holl gymorth biliau ynni uniongyrchol bellach wedi’i ddileu. Gofynnaf i chi annog Llywodraeth Cymru i weithio gyda Llywodraeth y DU ar fyrder i wneud ynni’n fwy fforddiadwy i aelwydydd incwm isel. Gellir cyflawni hyn yn gynnar y flwyddyn nesaf drwy ymestyn y gostyngiadau ynni presennol ac ymgynghori ar fecanweithiau newydd fel tariff cymdeithasol ar gyfer ynni. Mae dyled ynni ar ei lefelau uchaf erioed a bydd yn esgyn ymhellach fyth y gaeaf hwn. Rhaid i Ofgem a Llywodraeth y DU weithio gyda’r diwydiant i gefnogi aelwydydd i ad-dalu dyled ynni er mwyn rhoi arian yn ôl ym mhocedi pobl a chefnogi economïau lleol.

Mae dirfawr angen y mesurau hyn ar y rhai mwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas sy’n wynebu caledi mawr ar draws Cymru gyfan. Yn y tymor hwy, ein cartrefi ni yw’r rhai lleiaf effeithlon yn Ewrop, sy’n golygu bod angen i ni wario llawer mwy o arian nag sydd angen i gadw’n gynnes. Byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe bai modd i chi ofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru gynyddu buddsoddiad yn sylweddol yn ei rhaglen flaenllaw i daclo tlodi tanwydd, sef y Rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd, gan ddefnyddio cyllid canlyniadol Cynllun Cartrefi Clyd Llywodraeth y DU i alluogi hyn. Bydd hyn yn helpu gwneud cartrefi’r rhai mwyaf anghenus yn lleoedd llawer mwy cynnes, gwyrdd ac iach i fyw ynddynt, gyda biliau ynni sy’n isel yn barhaol.

Bydd methu â chymryd y fath gamau’n gadael yr aelwydydd mwyaf agored i niwed mewn sefyllfaoedd annirnadwy, yn poeni cymaint am eu biliau ynni nad ydynt yn troi eu gwres ymlaen o gwbl. Plant ifanc na allant fwyta pryd o fwyd cynnes neu ymolchi. Pobl â phroblemau meddygol sy’n troi eu gwres i lawr i lefelau peryglus neu ddim yn rhedeg offer meddygol, er ei fod o bosibl yn angheuol neu’n rhoi pwysau diangen ar ein gwasanaethau iechyd sydd eisoes dan bwysau oherwydd i lefelau cynyddol o ddyled ynni beri cymaint o ofn iddynt.

Gellir atal canlyniadau enbyd biliau anfforddiadwy yn gyfan gwbl. Mae’r atebion yn hysbys, ac rwy’n eich annog i wneud popeth a allwch yn y Senedd i’w codi ar fy rhan.