Speeches by Murphy.

“Does that include working with the Department to think through the consequences of things such as locational pricing?”

“My final question, to take us back to where we started, is around consumers moving around and changing behaviour. I wonder how much we might be expecting too much of consumers, given how long it has taken to get to a position where lots of people want to switch. I am being slightly crude, but no one is going to want to…”

“I have a quick question on the auditor. Did you have to agree who the auditor was, or was that fully up to Drax to decide?”

“Do the Government not already have all the evidence they need to make a decision? Why does it need to take another year?”

“Industry has said to me that it lacks certainty beyond the end of this year. It has also said that it finds some of the rigid targets not helpful. I am not necessarily saying that I agree with that, but I wanted to put the case to you that there is a bit of a flow. They want the end result, but some of them want more f…”

“I want to move on to smart meters and radio teleswitch meters. You mentioned earlier in your evidence that you saw there being two groups in the market under the price cap. Correct me if I am wrong, but you were suggesting that there is a group that are likely to respond more flexibly and move around, and those who wou…”

“Within whatever proposals you might come up with for the cap, does the current Act provide you with the flexibility for whatever changes you might want to make, or does it require amendment legislation?”

“Are the firms that are not yet compliant random firms, or is it a particular type of firm that is struggling to be compliant?”

“Just very quickly, going back to the regional point, does the way in which they communicate have an impact? Some rely on a cellular network and some on radio. Is that impacting the regional differential?”

“I have some questions about involuntary installations of prepayment meters. Given the level of crisis—you just talked about the rise in consumer debt levels—when you look back over the last few years is there anything that think Ofgem should have done differently that would have lessened the impact on consumers? You mu…”

“On that point, is the Department taking it seriously?”

“What difference have the rules on involuntary installation had?”

“Are wider Government taking it seriously?”

“What is their coverage in terms of proportion of customers?”

“Why?”

“Presumably, the 11 that have been approved are taking it seriously. Is British Gas taking it seriously?”

“What are the numbers? How many involuntary installations occurred in 2022, 2023 and 2024?”

“You talked about the spike in value afterwards for some of these companies. Do we know what the quantum was?”

“How fundamental is the roll-out of smart meters to that market that we want to deliver? How do you think it is going?”

“Are there regional discrepancies in the roll-out of smart meters? What are they, and why is that?”