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Energy: Prices

Commons · Question 28788 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

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Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a Tiered Energy Proposal for consumer energy bills.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 12 Feb 2025

A tiered energy pricing system is known as a block tariff. Traditionally, block tariffs are either a rising block tariff where the cost of energy increases in increments the more energy used or, a falling block tariff which acts in reverse. Low energy use...