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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2018 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 26 March 2018. A substantive answer was provided by Claire O'Neill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 March 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Energy: Prices

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) domestic and (b) small non-domestic energy customers are presently on time of use tariffs.

Answer

As of 31st December 2016, in Great Britain, there were 4.4 million domestic time of use (Economy 7 type meters). Of these, BEIS estimate that there were around 3.1 million domestic customers on Economy 7 or 10 tariffs.

While a number of suppliers are offering time of use and other innovative tariffs enabled by smart metering and elective half-hourly settlement, we do not have information on the number of domestic customers on these types of tariffs.

As of 31st December 2016, in Great Britain, there were around 500,000 non-domestic profile 4 Economy 7 type meters (used by small non-domestic customers). However some properties with Economy 7 meters will be on single rate tariffs.

Source:

An estimate for the number of Economy 7 meters in Great Britain can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
133607
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Energy Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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