He told delegates today that it was totally unacceptable for fuel poverty to persist in energy rich Scotland.
There has also been criticism of the government from the independent Fuel Poverty Advisory Group.
' so that we can identify the actions that can be taken to address fuel poverty.
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It will help to drive down the number of people living in fuel poverty.
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The cash is to be targeted at areas with high levels of fuel poverty.
BBC: Funding of ?60m to target fuel poverty areas in Scotland
The charity wants a government-commissioned independent review of fuel poverty to prioritise cancer patients.
The party's environment spokesperson Dafydd Elis-Thomas lead the debate on fuel poverty on 6 December 2011.
However, it said measures would not go anywhere near eradicating fuel poverty by the target date of 2016.
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The NEA wants government help to get more communities connected to the mains supply to cut fuel poverty.
It said better insulated homes would help lift people out of fuel poverty.
He also called on the government to revise its fuel poverty strategy in light of recent energy price rises.
"The Fuel Poverty Coalition says that 300, 000 homes are fuel poor, " said Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas opening the debate for Plaid Cymru.
The Scottish government has pledged to ensure that by November 2016, people would not be living in fuel poverty in Scotland.
This would of course increase the number of people in fuel poverty: and deepen that poverty for those already in it.
This is between the concept of fuel poverty and the legislation being used to try and deal with climate change.
Meanwhile a lobby group warned 300, 000 more homes faced imminent fuel poverty.
Environment spokesperson for Plaid Cymru Dafydd Elis-Thomas urged the government to consider tackling fuel poverty and transport infrastructure in the climate change strategy.
One research group, the Energy Bill Revolution, estimates the number of families in fuel poverty within three years will rise to nine million.
The Partnership - a group of 700 industry bodies - said that utility companies and the government have failed to tackle fuel poverty effectively.
Jane Davidson insisted the government was committed to tackling fuel poverty and believed that the scrappage scheme would contribute significantly to combating the problem.
"It is estimated that with rising fuel prices, the recent cold winters and the current economic climate, fuel poverty levels have risen above 50%, " he said.
But with only a quarter of the money specifically targeted at low-income homes, Prof Hills warns it may be "regressive", driving extra homes into fuel poverty.
Local authority housing had the highest proportion of households in fuel poverty in October last year, compared with other types of housing, at one in three.
The minister also answered a number of other questions on fuel poverty, the UK Government energy strategy and the delivery of low-cost market housing in Wales.
Liberal Democrat AM for North Wales Eleanor Burnham also expressed worry over the rise in fuel prices as this would drive more people into fuel poverty.
Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales West Dai Lloyd raised concerns over fuel poverty as there are "100s of deaths every year" because of the cold.
Rises of 40% in electricity prices and 61% in gas prices between 2003 and 2006 had pushed an extra 1.73 million households into fuel poverty, it added.
Under the previous definition, which focused on households spending 10% of their income on bills, four million households were in fuel poverty but with 7.6 million inhabitants.
Speaking on behalf of the Conservatives, Mark Isherwood AM called on the Welsh Government to incorporate the fuel poverty charter action plan in its fuel poverty strategy.
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