Energy: Standing Charges
(asked on 24th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government what directions they intend to give Ofgem to reduce or abolish standing charges, to ease the financial burden on consumers, particularly the poorest.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th November 2022
Ofgem is an independent regulator and is directly accountable to Parliament. There are no plans to give directions to Ofgem to change the approach to standing charges.