Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will conduct an equality impact assessment of the potential impact on consumers of paying green levies on energy bills in the next 12 months.

From July 2023, the Ofgem price cap will be set at £2,074, below the EPG discount level of £3,000 for a typical household. This means that customers will pay the full unit rate for their energy, including contributions to environmental and social schemes.

The cost of these schemes has always been included in the Ofgem price cap and is not additional. The government does not routinely conduct an equality impact assessment of a new retail price cap level.

Levies more than pay for themselves by driving investment in renewables and providing vital support to low-income and vulnerable households.