Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 21374
Electricity and Natural Gas: Standing Charges
Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 7 January 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that standing charges for (a) electricity and (b) gas reflect actual service costs.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehAlthough standing charges are a commercial matter for suppliers, and are regulated by Ofgem, we know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on them. The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, a...
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