Energy Profits Levy Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Energy Profits Levy

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts
Tuesday 7th February 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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I would like to reassure the noble Baroness on that second point. We have the energy price guarantee in place and specific support going to the most vulnerable households. It is at the forefront of our minds that people have faced a difficult winter and that energy prices will remain elevated for some time. We are also putting support into improved energy efficiency and insulation to help bring down bills.

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
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My Lords, while I welcome the investment the Government are making in renewables, is it not wrong that vulnerable households are paying between 9% and 12% of their electricity bills in green levies? Would it not be more appropriate for the renewables industry to carry this itself or for it to be a charge placed on energy companies or electricity distribution companies?

Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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Renewable levies have helped drive the successful track record I referred to earlier, but we are always conscious of consumers’ bills rising. That is why we have put in the significant support that we have.