Asked by: Andrew Western (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to publish the eligibility requirements for the 2023-24 Warm Home Discount Scheme.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount scheme 2023-24 is set in the Eligibility Statement which was published on 12th September 2023 and can be found here:
Asked by: Andrew Western (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the wholesale energy market to replace the merit order with an average trading price for electricity.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Like all commodities markets globally, the wholesale electricity market works through marginal pricing, where the price is set by the additional unit needed to meet overall demand. This provides a signal of the value of consuming or generating an additional unit at any given time, on which both operational and investment decisions can be made.
As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) programme, the Government is considering a range of potential options to maintain the benefits of marginal pricing, while shielding consumers from the impacts of potential future commodity price spikes and ensuring they benefit from lower cost renewables.
Asked by: Andrew Western (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing customers to choose whether Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers are applied to their gas and electricity accounts.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Transferring Energy Bills Support Scheme payments from electricity meters to gas meters is allowed under the scheme. It is at the discretion of the energy supplier and the Government encourages them to offer their customers as much flexibility as possible.