Rejected petition set a price cap on energy company profits

limit the amount of profit energy companies can make from domestic supply of gas an electricity

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consumers are facing exorbitant price rises while at the same time the profits made by energy companies are going through the roof

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 only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The UK Government is not responsible for how much profit private companies make, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607983

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 April 2022
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