Petition · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Require utility companies to refund standing charge when no service

Closed 91 signatures

What the petition asks

Government to require utilities companies through regulators like OFWAT and OFGEM to cancel daily service charge when companies fail to deliver service throughout the day.
Many customers are suffering regular power cuts, interruptions to water supply, poor quality water and other failures to essential service. But, all utility companies still charge the daily service charge even when they are not delivering. We want the government and regulators to ensure daily charge is cancelled whenever there is a failure to deliver irrespective of length of failure or cause to provide contracted service.

Timeline

5 Dec 2025 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jun 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 91
Status Closed
Department Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Opened 5 Dec 2025
Closed 5 Jun 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 14 Aug 2026.