Energy: Prices

(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the energy price cap on consumers.


Answered by
Greg Clark Portrait
Greg Clark
This question was answered on 30th April 2019

The cap is protecting 12 million households – many elderly or vulnerable - from paying too much, saving them on average £75-100 a year.

With London having some of the lowest levels of switching, the cap is protecting households in Harrow West from the loyalty penalty.

Reticulating Splines