Petitions/Require utility companies to refund standing charge when no service
StatusClosed
Opened5 Dec 2025
Closes5 Jun 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Government to require utilities companies through regulators like OFWAT and OFGEM to cancel daily service charge when companies fail to deliver service throughout the day.

Many customers are suffering regular power cuts, interruptions to water supply, poor quality water and other failures to essential service. But, all utility companies still charge the daily service charge even when they are not delivering. We want the government and regulators to ensure daily charge is cancelled whenever there is a failure to deliver irrespective of length of failure or cause to provide contracted service.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Kit Malthouse
1Kit Malthouse MP
North West Hampshire
28
Matt Rodda
2Matt Rodda MP
Reading Central
2
Mike Martin
3Mike Martin MP
Tunbridge Wells
2
Ian Murray
4Ian Murray MP
Edinburgh South
2
Liam Conlon
5Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
1
Yasmin Qureshi
6Yasmin Qureshi MP
Bolton South and Walkden
1
Richard Tice
7Richard Tice MP
Boston and Skegness
1
Ruth Cadbury
8Ruth Cadbury MP
Brentford and Isleworth
1
Sarah Gibson
9Sarah Gibson MP
Chippenham
1
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
10Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Chorley
1
Require utility companies to refund standing charge when no service — Petitions