Question follow-through · 3784
Solar Power: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that households with solar panels and battery storage receive the rate of wholesale electricity as payment for excess electricity exported to the grid.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Drax Power Station · 3 Sept 2024
- Solar Power: Housing · 12 Sept 2024
- Drax Power: Disclosure of Information · 13 Dec 2024
- Drax Power: Disclosure of Information · 13 Dec 2024
- Warm Homes Plan · 13 Feb 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that households with solar panels and battery storage receive the rate of wholesale electricity as payment for excess electricity exported to the grid.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
Both rooftop solar and batteries are important for getting to net zero. Households and businesses with solar panels can benefit through significantly reduced electricity bills. They can also export the excess energy they generate to the grid via the Smart...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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