'Only right': Government unveils plans to ensure fairer prices for heat network customers

Stuart Stone
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'Only right': Government unveils plans to ensure fairer prices for heat network customers

Heat network price protection and service quality safeguards unveiled, alongside long-awaited heat network consultation on Ofgem enforcement mechanisms

Hundreds of thousands of heat network customers could benefit from fairer energy prices, as well as lower carbon emissions, under extended consumer protection plans outlined today by government. The...

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