The Committee of Public Accounts published its Twenty-Fifth Report on the regulation of energy suppliers on 13 November 2022, under HC 411. The report forms part of the committee's inquiry into the regulation of energy suppliers, which is no longer accepting evidence; the deadline for submissions was 6:00pm on 4 July 20221.
The inquiry gathered oral evidence on 11 July 2022, published as a transcript on 13 July 20221. Written evidence was published on 11 July 2022 from three contributors: Green Energy UK (RES0001), SSE Energy Solutions (RES0002) and Ombudsman Services (RES0003)1.
The Government's response to the report, titled "Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty fifth report from Session 2022-23", was published on 24 February 2023, also under HC 411.
The committee's published page for the inquiry carries the following notice:
"This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence"
The report itself runs to 349KB in PDF form, with an HTML version also published1. The Government response runs to 1MB1.
| Publication | Date | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty-Fifth Report, Regulation of energy suppliers | 13 November 2022 | HC 41 |
| Oral evidence transcript | 13 July 2022 (hearing 11 July 2022) | Not stated |
| Written evidence: Green Energy UK | 11 July 2022 | RES0001 |
| Written evidence: SSE Energy Solutions | 11 July 2022 | RES0002 |
| Written evidence: Ombudsman Services | 11 July 2022 | RES0003 |
| Treasury minutes: Government response | 24 February 2023 | HC 41 |
Why it matters for households
The regulation of energy suppliers sets the framework within which household supply, billing, switching and consumer protection operate. The committee's inquiry took evidence from a supplier, an energy solutions business and the ombudsman service that handles consumer disputes, indicating the scope covered both company conduct and how household complaints are resolved1. The UK home energy regulation and policy guide sets out how these rules reach the household level, and the regulation and energy independence page explains what the rules allow at home. For households in Northern Ireland, supply regulation sits with a different body, covered in the Utility Regulator page. The wider regulation and policy hub collects this coverage.
The committee's remit is scrutiny of public spending rather than individual cases; its published contact page states that it does not look at individual cases or specific complaints1. The report's contents, findings and recommendations are not set out in the publications listing, and have not been reported here.
What happens next
The Government response was published on 24 February 20231. No further steps are listed on the inquiry's publications page, which states that the inquiry is no longer accepting evidence1.
Sources1 cited
- Regulation of energy suppliers - Committees - UK Parliament, committees.parliament.uk