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This flexibility could allow for reduced electrical requirements for the heating system or load shifting to times when electricity is less expensive and/or cleaner.

Retrofitting might involve measures such as improving your home’s insulation, upgrading the heating system, or installing energy-generating devices such as solar panels, or even a private wind turbine.

Around 175,000 Scottish energy customers face major problems with their home heating systems if they do not have their meters upgraded in the coming months.

A third of social homes, around 1.2m, are currently rated D or below and will require new insulation, windows and heating systems to come up to scratch.

The government vowed to bring forward a Heat in Buildings Bill, which would prohibit the use of some heating systems after 2045 and require some properties to meet a minimum energy efficiency standard.