The UK Government has responded to an online petition asking for energy customers to be given the right to refuse the £200 ‘loan’ which will be credited to around 28 million electricity accounts in October and repaid over five years from April 2023.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlined all the support measures Chancellor Rishi Sunak has put in place to help households deal with Ofgem’s 54 per cent price hike, which came into effect on April 1.
Its official response on the petition-parliament website said: “Allowing consumers to opt out of receiving the reduction on their bills would likely increase the administrative costs of the scheme.”
