Submitted on Monday 29th August 2022
Rejected on Thursday 1st September 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Regulate utility companies so they operate as not for profit organisations
Debate the possibility of regulating private companies so that in times of financial hardship their profits are capped at £0
Ordinary people are struggling to pay gas, electricity and water bills during this cost of living crisis
The government could intervene by capping the profits these companies can
This way the companies will reduce charges so ordinary people get the benefits immediately
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about management of utility companies, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's not clear how you want profit-making by utility companies to be limited, or when you want this to happen.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to increase taxes on the profits of utility companies in certain circumstances, but it would need to be clear how you wanted these taxes to work, and when you wanted them to apply.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Extend the windfall tax to all utility companies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622266
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