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Welcome to the OFTEC consumer pages

If your home is not on the gas grid, you will be one of around 20% of UK homes and 65% of Irish homes that have the option to choose an alternative central heating or cooking technology to mains gas. This could be a electric heating, LPG, solid fuel or the most popular off-grid option, oil heating.

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Consumer news

New consultation launches impacting how 500,000 oil heated homes in Northern Ireland could be heated in the future

Friday, January 30, 2026 by OFTEC

The 500,000 oil heated homes in Northern Ireland are being urged to submit their views on how their homes should be heated in the future as part of a new consultation.

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Warm Homes Plan published – what it means for oil technicians

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 by OFTEC

The Government has finally published its Warm Homes Plan, setting out how it intends to improve energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and support households as the UK transitions its heating systems over the coming years.

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