Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 26333

Smart Export Guarantee

Tabled: 24 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reforming the Smart Export Guarantee to set minimum terms of tariffs.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is a market-led mechanism in which energy suppliers, not government, set both tariff levels and structure. This is to encourage innovation and competition between suppliers. The Government keeps the SEG under regular revie...

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