The Green Deal

Ombudsman Services has been appointed as the ombudsman and investigation service for the Green Deal.

The Green Deal is designed to help householders and businesses increase the energy efficiency of properties and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the UK.

The Green Deal will be offered by the private sector to enable homeowners and businesses to implement energy efficiency improvements at little or no upfront cost with payment recouped through customers’ energy bills. 

Our job is to help resolve complaints about a Green Deal Provider if a provider is unable or unwilling to help when something goes wrong with a Green Deal Plan. 

This includes complaints which have been considered by the Green Deal Provider and not resolved to the satisfaction of the customer, or, where the customer has been unable to register a complaint with the Green Deal Provider.

We can also accept complaints where the seller or landlord of a house fails to disclose key information about a Green Deal Plan, which they should do by giving the new bill payer a copy of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

Green Deal providers must be authorised by the Oversight and Registration Body, Gemserv. As part of this process they are required to sign up to our scheme. You will be able to see a list of companies that have signed up here when the registration process has been completed.

We can accept complaints that have occurred within a period of six years.

There are some complaints that we cannot deal with:

• complaints related to the Customer Credit Act, these should be handled by the Financial Ombudsman;
• complaints that would be better handled by the energy regulator, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), or
• complaints that would be better handled by enforcement or advocacy bodies such as the Office of Fair Trading, Trading Standards or Citizens Advice

For more information on the types of complaints we can look at Click here for a quick guide to Ombudsman Services: Green Deal ombudsman and investigation service.

More information on the Green Deal

For the latest information on the Green Deal click here to visit the GOV.UK website.

To read DECC's quick guides to the green deal click here. 

For more information about the Green Deal click here to visit Energy Saving Trust's website. 

To be taken to The Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) website click here. 

To speak to the Energy Saving Advice Service please call 0300 123 1234

To be taken to DECC's website for information on the Green Deal click here. 

The Code of Practice for Green Deal providers

Green Deal providers have rules about the way that they work. Click here to view the code of practice.

The regulations for the Green Deal

Click here to view the framework for the Green Deal legislation.

Guidance for Green Deal Providers

Click here to view the Department for Energy and Climate Change's advice and guidance for companies that are working with the Green Deal.

Click here for a quick guide to Ombudsman Services: Green Deal investigation service

Click here for a large print quick guide to Ombudsman Services: Green Deal investigation service