The Retail leadership team at Ofgem is made up of six women and two men (confusingly both called Dan/Danny). I suspect that no team of a this size and seniority in the UK energy industry has a similar gender balance.

Standing charges cover costs that have to be paid for, such as the cost of delivering electricity to people’s homes, so any policy for reducing them has to answer where those costs are picked up.

📢 We are proposing suppliers introduce zero standing charge tariffs.

Three things you should know about our standing charges proposals.

Follow the link for more about our consultation on mandating suppliers to offer zero standing charge tariffs ➡️ www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications...

We are proposing suppliers introduce zero standing charge tariffs

Follow the link for more on how we plan to mandate suppliers to offer zero standing charge tariffs alongside the price cap as well as reforms to reduce energy debts for next winter www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications...

There are schemes in place to assist with energy bills, along with government benefits and grants. You may be eligible for:

💡 The Warm home discount scheme
💡 Energy-saving improvement schemes
💡 Home energy support payments
🏠 To check if you qualify for support, visit ⬇️
www.gov.uk/get-help-ene...