Energy: Prices
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of whether the energy bill support measures announced in the recent Budget will cease after the stated three-year period.
Answered by Martin McCluskey
The Government is funding the majority of the legacy Renewables Obligation for 3 full years, covering the period for which the Government set resource budgets at the Spending Review, while it takes steps to address the underlying issues of high bills.
Our clean power mission will get us off the rollercoaster of international gas prices, which remain more than double what they were in 2020. Any future funding will be considered in the next spending review in the usual way.
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