Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Remove environmental taxes from electricity to encourage heat pump installations
Closed
1,218 signatures
What the petition asks
Around 23% of electricity bills are made up of environmental and social levies, including the Climate Change Levy (CCL), while these levies make up just 2% of gas bills.
These taxes are surely a significant barrier to the decarbonisation of heat in the UK, and simply further encourage the burning of fossil fuels.
The Government needs to eliminate environmental levies on electricity to encourage people to install heat pumps without the disincentive of such high costs, to help fight climate change.
It seems impossible for the UK to even begin to achieve the Prime Minister's aim of 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 until it eliminates the taxes on electricity that are surely discouraging heat pump installations.
The Government needs to eliminate environmental levies on electricity to encourage people to install heat pumps without the disincentive of such high costs, to help fight climate change.
It seems impossible for the UK to even begin to achieve the Prime Minister's aim of 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 until it eliminates the taxes on electricity that are surely discouraging heat pump installations.
Timeline
| 14 Jun 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Dec 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,218
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
14 Jun 2021
Closed
14 Dec 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.