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Energy: Prices

Commons · Question 38093 · Tabled 13 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will introduce an energy price cap for (a) the ceramics industry and (b) other energy intensive industries.

Answer

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 18 Mar 2025

The Government has no plans to introduce a non-domestic price cap. Businesses have different needs to households. Non-domestic demand varies in scale, flexibility and seasonality. From high demand from large industrial users to intermittent demand from so...