Ofgem to consider 'time of use' price cap

Published date26 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The regulator has launched a consultation on a range of options for the future of the price cap, including a 'more dynamic cap' with 'time-of-use dependent unit rates to encourage consumer flexibility.'

Ofgem said the increasingly renewables-dominated electricity sector would reward consumers for shifting the time of their energy consumption, which would in turn reduce costs for everyone.

As more households adopted time-of-use tariffs, it could become harder to retain a universal price cap suitable for everyone, according to the regulator.

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