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Written question asked by Baroness Whitaker (Labour) on Thursday, 22 June 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 July 2023. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 July 2023 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Energy Supply: Caravan Sites

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that gypsy and traveller site residents have consumer choice of energy providers.

Answer

Electricity and gas suppliers generally provide energy to parks and traveller sites via a contract with the park or site owner, who then resells that energy to the tenants. Therefore, residents buy their energy from the park/site owner, not from an energy supplier.

Ofgem has put in place the Maximum Resale Price regulation which requires park or site owners to resell energy to tenants at the same price that they bought it from the supplier.

Whether a tenant can have a direct relationship with an energy supplier will be governed by the terms of the arrangement between the park or site owner and tenant, plus whether the local metering and cabling arrangements enable the residence to operate a direct connection to the distribution system.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8740
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Caravan sites Energy supply Travellers
Link
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