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Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a full impact assessment for ending the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
12 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a full impact assessment for ending the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    To bring energy bills down for all, the decision has been made not to continue the Energy Company Obligation when the current scheme ends.The government does not intend to publish a new impact assessment for ending the scheme. An assessment of their impac...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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