Committees

Energy bills for domestic customers

Inquiry

** Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed.**

 

The Committee has launched an inquiry which will investigate the process of billing customers for their gas and electricity, looking at whether the rules on charging for energy are fair for all. 

The inquiry’s proposed aims are:

  • To determine whether the rules on billing are fair to all consumers;
  • To understand what goes into the standing charge and whether that results in a fair contribution from all customers;
  • To explore the pre-payment issues and what restrictions there should be on energy companies utilising that tool.
  • To determine how a social tariff might address inequalities in the process.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 2 February 2024.

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New inquiry: ESNZ Committee to examine fairness of customer energy bills
MPs are to investigate the process of billing customers for their gas and electricity in an inquiry looking at whether the rules on charging for energy are fair for all
24 November 2023
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Contact us

  • Email: commonsesnz@parliament.uk
  • Phone: Media: 07720 202 985/ florenceo@parliament.uk
  • Address: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA