Richard Neudegg, director of regulation at Uswitch.com, comments: “The energy system is changing rapidly as we use more and more clean power, so the way we pay for it needs to change as well.
“There is a clear need to look at how pricing and the price cap works.
“As part of our move towards Clean Power 2030, it’s vital to ensure consumers get real rewards for managing their consumption, ensuring standing charges are reasonable, as well as securing support for the vulnerable.
“These goals could be achieved within tariffs that consumers choose to be on, considering how the price cap itself works, and or through various support and grant schemes.
"There are no firm proposals from Ofgem on particular shifts to pricing approaches yet, but it is good to see the regulator opening up the thinking on how this could best work.”
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Beverley Noble | Energy PR Manager
beverley.noble@rvu.co.uk
Twitter: @UswitchPR
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