Petition · past parliament
Impose a windfall tax on energy companies to offset the increased energy costs.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Impose a tax levy and redistribute the money to UK energy users to offset the recent energy price increase. Parliament to investigate how a windfall tax can also be used to reduce energy costs at source by expanding UK energy storage and nuclear power plants to prevent future energy crises.
Government should publicly recognise that energy companies are not using the increased profits to invest in technology which could reduce energy costs, therefore government should instead publicly recognise energy companies are using the profit increase to buy back shares, pay dividends and pay executive bonuses, none of which benefit the UK.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Tax 50% of the Energy Companies profits to help households pay bills.
Timeline
| 8 Feb 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Feb 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 Feb 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.