Ofgem considers price cap based on time of day people use energy

Changes to the price cap being considered by Ofgem include a ‘more dynamic cap’ with ‘time-of-use dependent unit rates to encourage consumer flexibility’

Adjustments being considered include a “more dynamic cap” with “time-of-use dependent unit rates to encourage consumer flexibility”. Ofgem said the price cap, along with the temporary ban on acquisition-only tariffs, had worked well to protect customers from the “loyalty penalty”, where customers on default tariffs paid higher prices, and from the worst of the recent volatile markets and wholesale price surges that were a result of the energy crisis.

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