Energy Pricing

Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 5 November 2009.

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Photo of David Kidney David Kidney Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change 10:30, 5 November 2009

One licence change that has been implemented is on pre-payment meters, and I answered a parliamentary question last month in which I showed that the difference between standard credit and pre-payment charges has already been all but eliminated as a result. I am very pleased about that because some of the poorest consumers were affected by overcharging on pre-payment meters. As for social price support, in our legislative proposals we hope to expand on the voluntary scheme that is already helping more than 1 million households.