Petition · past parliament

Require all energy companies to pay interest to customers who are in credit

Closed 250 signatures

What the petition asks

Require that all companies involved in the supply of domestic gas and electricity pay customers who are in credit interest at the Bank of England rates applicable.
Millions of customers are or will be in credit owing to the high Direct Debits they are being expected to pay plus the money being paid by the Government.

This is effectively a ‘loan’ to the energy companies upon which the customers see no return. That money is used by the energy companies to generate more income.

This income should be paid to the customers as interest on the credit.

Timeline

4 Oct 2022 Petition opened for signatures
4 Apr 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 250
Status Closed
Opened 4 Oct 2022
Closed 4 Apr 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.