Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 32897

Energy: Profits

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Citizens Advice entitled Debt to society: what the network companies should do with their windfal

Answer

Michael Shanks
Ofgem recognised that recent higher than expected inflation increased equity value for network companies due to fixed-rate debt financing. In 2023, Ofgem consulted on options to address this and will change the way it regulates network company investment,...
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