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Written question asked by Alexander Stafford (Conservative) on Friday, 16 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 February 2024. It was answered by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Monday, 26 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Heating: Environment Protection

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of E3G's briefing entitled Electricity levy rebalancing: Make clean heat accessible to all UK households, published on 27 October 2023.

Answer

The Government is committed to ensuring that the cost of transition to Net Zero is fair and affordable for all energy consumers. The potential impacts of rebalancing across technologies and consumers will be fully considered.

In ‘Powering Up Britain’, the Government committed to outlining a clear approach to price rebalancing by the end of 2023/24 and making significant progress affecting relative prices by the end of 2024. No decisions have yet been taken on that approach.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14440
Session
2023-24
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Environment protection Electricity Heating Taxation Third Generation Environmentalism
Link
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