Petitions/Reform UK Energy Standing Charges
StatusClosed
Opened19 Dec 2025
Closes19 Jun 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Shift all non-infrastructure costs off electricity standing charges onto company profits or general taxation. Require Ofgem to separate policy levies from true network costs, make suppliers absorb bailout and policy expenses, and ensure foreign-owned firms reinvest profits into UK infrastructure.

We believe households are being forced to pay for supplier failures, policy levies, and network costs that should come from company profits or taxation. Electricity standing charges hide these costs and tend to hit low-use and solar homes hardest. Foreign-owned firms extract profit from UK households while reinvesting less back. Parliament must shift these costs off consumers, make companies fund their own failures, and restore fairness to the system.

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Ben Coleman
1Ben Coleman MP
Chelsea and Fulham
8
Harriet Cross
2Harriet Cross MP
Gordon and Buchan
8
Charlotte Cane
3Charlotte Cane MP
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
7
Monica Harding
4Monica Harding MP
Esher and Walton
7
Clive Lewis
5Clive Lewis MP
Norwich South
7
Maya Ellis
6Maya Ellis MP
Ribble Valley
7
Lee Anderson
7Lee Anderson MP
Ashfield
6
Lola McEvoy
8Lola McEvoy MP
Darlington
6
Chris Coghlan
9Chris Coghlan MP
Dorking and Horley
6
Helena Dollimore
10Helena Dollimore MP
Hastings and Rye
6