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Heat Networks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to regulate communal heating systems.

answeredUma KumaranDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 13 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2024
Answer: 21 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to regulate communal heating systems.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department is introducing heat network regulation in January 2026 which aims to provide consumers with comparable protections to existing gas and electricity regulations. Ofgem will be appointed heat network regulator, and they will administer the Mar...

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