Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

(asked on 23rd June 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 steps his Department is taking to help connect rural homes that rely on domestic heating oil to mains gas heating.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 1st July 2022

Under the gas network price control Ofgem oversees the Fuel Poor Network Extension Scheme (FPNES), which is delivered by the Gas Distribution Networks. The FPNES provides a discount to eligible households against the cost of connecting to the gas network.

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