questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of introducing a consumer price cap for heating oil, as is used for on-grid gas and electricity consumers.
answerText: Introducing a price cap on heating oil risks significant unintended consequences. If wholesale costs rose above the cap, it could drive distributors out of the market and possibly result in supply shortages. Unlike gas and electricity, heating oil custome...
heading: Fuel Oil: Prices