Heating: Fuels

(asked on 16th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to extend Ofgem’s regulatory powers to cover all off‑grid domestic heating fuels.


Answered by
Martin McCluskey Portrait
Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 5th January 2026

The Government has no current plans to extend the licensing by Ofgem of gas and electricity operators to the supply of off-grid heating fuels, such as fuel oils, bottled gas or coal and wood products. However, Ofgem and the Competition and Markets Authority have powers to enforce the rights of consumers under consumer law, such as the Consumer Rights Act.

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