Natural Gas: Prices
Commons · Question 5439 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in gas prices on people living in properties supplied through communal heat networks.
Answer
Answered by Martin McCluskey, 9 Jun 2026
Heat network operators buy the energy they need to provide heat to domestic consumers through commercial contracts. The Department and Ofgem are actively monitoring the contract prices paid by heat network operators since the Middle Eastern crisis started...