This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Remove Electricity/Utility Company Standing Charges
Why do Electricity/Utility Companies have a daily standing charge? The Government needs to look at this in depth, the standing charge is soon rising, from 24.88p to approx 45p. A cost of £163 per annum without using any energy. This really needs to be scrapped for all.
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With the current UK housing stock at around 24 million dwellings, this means that Utility/ Electricity firms are due to earn over four billion pounds. An outrageous amount of money. £163 could help feed or heat thousands of the poorer families across the UK. For myself this constitutes at least a month's electricity and part towards our food bill. This would constitute a far better system of cutting the cost of heating and eating rather than the £200 proposed by the Gov. Which requires payback.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Deciding whether to recoup costs through standing charges and unit costs or just unit costs are a matter for individual energy providers.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.