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Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to prevent households that have chosen not to install smart meters from higher energy tariffs.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Dec 2024
Answer
11 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to prevent households that have chosen not to install smart meters from higher energy tariffs.

  2. 6 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The mechanism for protecting consumers from disproportionate energy prices is the Price Cap, which ensures default tariffs are priced efficiently. This protects households who are on their supplier’s default tariff. The level of the price cap is the same ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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