Electricity: Standing Charges
(asked on 1st March 2022) - 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 recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on the potential merits of removing standing charges for electricity.
This question was answered on 7th March 2022
The setting of the standing charge is a commercial matter for individual suppliers. Standing charges are capped under the Government’s price cap.