Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 2534

Energy: Standing Charges

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Claire Coutinho

ConservativeEast Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to reduce the standing charge on household energy bills.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, and we are committed to lowering the cost of them. Ofgem’s recently published discussion paper sets out the options for how standing charges could be reduced, in...

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