Response to Ofgem's consultation on the Warm Home Discount (‘WHD’) scheme allowance methodology in the default tariff cap.
Ofgem was consulting on how it should adjust the energy price cap to account for changes to the Warm Home Discount scheme that are still being finalised. We agreed with its proposal that it should use the government’s provisional cost estimates, and that it should subsequently make a correction if those estimates did not tally with the final costs. We argued it should give itself more flexibility than it is proposing on when any correction should take place however, in order to avoid putting further pressure on consumer bills when they are at record levels.