Electricity (Connection Offer Expenses) Regulations 2018

(asked on 3rd June 2019) - 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating the Electricity (Connection Offer Expenses) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2(4) to prevent repeated expenses charges being applied to applicants by distributors for distribution quotations without renewed written warning that those charges may be incurred.


Answered by
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Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 6th June 2019

Distribution network operators (DNOs) must notify connection applicants that they may be required to pay connection offer expenses under the Electricity (Connection Offer Expenses) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2(4) before those expenses are incurred. Unless they have done so, DNOs may not require the applicant to pay. There are established complaint procedures should applicants feel they that a DNO is not acting in accordance with the Regulations. Details are available on all DNO websites.

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