Heat Networks: Price Caps
2026-05-18 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · 2719 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is considering regulating the non-domestic gas and electricity tariffs charged to heat network operators, in order to reduce costs passed on to their domestic consumers
Answer
The Department has provided the heat network regulator, Ofgem, with broad powers relating to heat network price regulation. These include powers to investigate and intervene where heat network prices charged to consumers are disproportionate or unfair. Of...