| Heading: |
Solar Power: Smart Export Guarantee |
| Question ID: |
1815545 |
| UIN: |
62032 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5304 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Danny Chambers
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| Asking Member handle: |
DannyVet
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DannyVet
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Great British Energy and (b) Ofgem plan to increase the amount paid to people with solar panels who export excess electricity to the grid. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
Households with solar panels benefit through significantly reduced electricity bills. The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is a market-led mechanism in which energy suppliers, not government, set both tariff levels and structure. This is to encourage innovati... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |