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 11:59pm on 2 February 2024.

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Past events

Wednesday 22 May 2024
2:00pm Public
Energy bills for domestic customers - Oral evidence 22 May 2024
2:00pm
  • Jonathan Brearley (CEO at Ofgem)
  • Tim Jarvis (Director General, Markets at Ofgem)
  • Charlotte Friel (Director, Consumer Protection and Retail Markets at Ofgem)
3:00pm
  • Amanda Solloway MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability) at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • Jane Walker (Director of Affordability at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 8 May 2024
10:00am Public
Energy bills for domestic customers - Oral evidence 8 May 2024
10:00am
  • Chris Norbury (CEO at E.ON)
  • Abigail Ward (Policy Manager for England and Wales at Energy Saving Trust)
  • Simon Francis (Co-ordinator at End Fuel Poverty Coalition)
11:00am
  • Chris O'Shea (CEO at Centrica)
  • Rachel Fletcher (Director (Regulation and Economics) at Octopus Energy)
  • Tony Green (Future of Energy Director at SGN)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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