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Written Question
Energy Bills Rebate
Thursday 12th January 2023

Asked by: Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the eligibility, timescales and method of delivery for the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding will be announced.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding application portal will be available on GOV.UK this month. This will include an eligibility overview and information on what applicants need to do to apply for energy bills support under the scheme.

Initial information about eligibility, timescales and method of delivery is available in the Government's announcement on EBBS Alternative Funding on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vital-help-with-energy-bills-on-the-way-for-millions-more-homes-across-great-britain-and-northern-ireland.

Written Question
District Heating: Finance
Thursday 6th October 2022

Asked by: Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether heat network consumers not able to access the existing Default Tariff Price Cap will have access to the discretionary fund to be established to provide financial support for those not eligible for the Energy Bill Support Scheme or the new Energy Price Guarantee announced on 8 September 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those on heat networks – and so outside of the support schemes – will receive support equivalent to both the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government is working at speed to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support.

Written Question
Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
Monday 6th June 2022

Asked by: Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether private renters whose energy bills are included in their rent payments will receive the £400 energy bills discount announced on 26 May 2022.

Answered by Greg Hands

The Government expect landlords with a domestic electricity connection where tenants’ energy costs are included in their rental charges, to ensure that the £400 reduction is passed on to tenants. The Government held a technical consultation on the Energy Bills Support Scheme from 11 April to 23 May. The responses to this consultation are being analysed and a response will be published later in the summer.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating Systems

"I will be incredibly brief—I think we will be voting shortly—and will pick up on a couple of points made by others in this debate. I have been raising issues about the lack of consumer protection for customers of communal heat networks since I was elected in 2015. It is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating Systems

"Thank you, Mr Hollobone. As I was saying, I recall asking the Competition and Markets Authority to carry out an area of investigation study into this sector. As the Minister will know, the CMA eventually carried out a market study, which recommended statutory regulation. We then had the “Heat Networks: …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating Systems

"The Minister will be aware of the serious problem of standing and capital replacement charges on many privately owned networks, and that problem continues while consumers on those networks are seeing increases in their unit energy price. I hope that he agrees that that must be tackled, because although tariffs …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating Systems

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Fifth sitting)

"The Minister has just mentioned the obligation on the Secretary of State that is in the Bill. My hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test made the point that this levy may be £10 a year on average, or it may be more. Have the Government made any assessment of …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Fifth sitting)

"That raises an interesting, and quite concerning, point: what in the legislation prevents a supplier from overcharging its customers on the basis that it is levying the RAB? Is there a limit to which a supplier can levy the customer? On the basis of what the right hon. Gentleman has …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Fifth sitting)

"I rise to speak briefly to amendment 17, because it relates to an important matter that builds on our earlier discussions. I listened to the Minister and heard what he said about the revenue collection contracts arrangement seeking to replicate the tried and tested CfD arrangement, as he put it. …..."
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