Question follow-through · 40787
Energy: Profits
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prevent energy companies profiting from price increases.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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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
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prevent energy companies profiting from price increases.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Under the default tariff cap, Ofgem has capped the profits of energy suppliers in the retail market to ensure they do not make excessive profits. Since August 2023, the Earnings Before Interest and Tax allowance means that the percentage that energy suppl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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