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Electricity: Standing Charges |
| Question ID: |
1728679 |
| UIN: |
5221 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5362 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Angus MacDonald
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Mr Angus MacDonald
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on disparities in electricity standing charges between regions. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5099 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answer text: |
Standing charges cover the costs energy suppliers take on to provide consumers with electricity, which vary by location. Ofgem’s recently published discussion paper sets out the options for how standing charges could be reduced, including by moving suppli... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |