Submitted on Sunday 3rd April 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 6th April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Lower the energy price cap to 4%
Lower the energy price cap to 4%, in line with France. There is no need to raise energy prices by 54% when energy companies have made record profits! Help the public not to choose between eating and heating, instead of giving more money to those who don't need it.
This will help protect people from energy poverty, this will help the most vulnerable. Those who are unemployed, retired, on low incomes and anyone else who is struggling to pay these extreme price rises.
If the government continues to not address this issue, people will have no choice but to stop paying their energy bills, also known as a bill strike.
3000 people die each year as a result of energy poverty, we will not accept anymore deaths.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise.
The energy cap is set by Ofgem, which is operationally independent of the Government and Parliament. You can find out more about how the energy price cap is set here: www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/price-cap-increase-ps693-april
You might like to sign the following petitions, which call for related actions:
Subsidise energy prices to offset any increase in the energy price cap:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606586
Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607983
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