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Energy: Prices

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 128799

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to improve transparency in the wholesale energy costs passed on to commercial tenants.

Answered by Chris McDonald

Energy re-sold to non-domestic tenants is a commercial matter between those two businesses dependent on their contract terms. Landlords in these situations have a legal duty to regularly inform their tenants of how much energy they have used and the price they have been charged for that energy.

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