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District Heating: Regulation

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 8229, tabled on 24 May 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to introduce legislative proposals regulating the heat networks sector.

Answered on

1 June 2022

The Queen’s Speech on 10th May confirmed that the Government has now committed to legislating to regulate the heat networks market in this parliamentary session as part of the Energy Security Bill. In December 2021, the Government announced that Ofgem will take on the role of heat networks regulator.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy