It said basic energy-efficiency measures such as loft and cavity insulation, double glazing and newboilers had prevented up to 35, 000 Scottish households from falling into fuel poverty over the past year.
The Bill's a worthy measure allowing people to make energy-saving improvements to their homes - newboilers, better insulation etc - and pay for it out of the resulting savings to their gas and electricity bills.
The debate over air pollution and, more specifically, the regulation of air pollution, raged on this week as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) watered down its cross-state pollution rule and House Republicans moved to delay new rules on toxic air pollution from cement plants, solid waste incinerators, and industrial boilers.
The new analysis considers how micro-CHP could dramatically reduce household emissions in the UK by replacing condensing boilers in the residential heating sector.