Energy Department Misled Consumers over Green Deal Savings,

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been ordered to drop an advertising campaign which misled viewers over the savings they could expect to make from the Government’s Green Deal scheme and failed to make clear the costs involved. In a further blow to the much criticised green initiative, DECC was criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following complaints that it misled consumers.  Viewers complained about a television campaign which implied that savings under the scheme were guaranteed.  But the ASA found that “DECC could not guarantee that Green Deal repayments would exceed savings. Read more on the Independent website.