| Heading: |
Electricity: Wales |
| Question ID: |
1784686 |
| UIN: |
HL5795 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
547 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wigley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Wigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of increased electricity prices in Wales under the proposals to introduce zonal pricing of electricity in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
2024 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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| Answering Member handle: |
lordphilofbrum
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@lordphilofbrum
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| Answer text: |
The Government have not yet taken a decision on Zonal or Reformed National pricing. Zonal pricing has the potential to reduce bills for consumer across Great Britain, and we are currently conducting quantitative and distributional analysis to understand t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |