Submitted on Sunday 17th September 2017
Rejected on Monday 25th September 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Scrap the Standing Charge on Utility Bills
The standing charge is unjust because it places additional costs upon the low user. The standing charge punishes responsible usage by imposing higher per unit charges upon low usage. (And contravenes the current EU water directive 2000/60/EC that pricing should be used to encourage conservation.)
The standing charge is well documented as a major cause of low waged people's debt levels. No business outside the utility companies demands an upfront charge for its services, you don't pay a tenner for 'use of store' upon entering the supermarket and it is unjust and unreasonable that commercial companies should be able to victimise environmentally aware and low waged consumers
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
Ofgem removed the requirement for standing charges on energy tariffs in 2016, so we're not sure what further action you'd like Government or Parliament to take.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking for the standing charge on water bills to be reviewed.
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