Nickie Aiken MP speaks out on communal heating energy costs

MP for the Cities of London & Westminster, Nickie Aiken, spoke out in a Westminster Hall debate on the Energy Price Cap for Residential Buildings with Communal Heating Systems on Wednesday, 20th April.

Nickie made the point that without intervention, hundreds of thousands of families living with communal heating systems are facing horrendous and unaffordable heating bills.

We have all been affected by the global energy crisis, however, this is being most keenly felt by those who are not protected by the energy price cap because they live within apartments within buildings served by heat networks. Nickie has heard examples from local people across the Two Cities about how they are being charged up to four times their previous energy bill, purely because their building has one communal heat source.

During the Westminster Hall Debate on Wednesday, Nickie made the case to bring forward legislation to give Ofgem the powers to intervene when prices are significantly higher.

Also, Nickie highlighted the need for action in the short-term. Nickie called for Government support to take into account the challenges of being locked into heat networks which have no price caps.

Watch what Nickie had to say in the debate above.

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Former Member of Parliament for the Cities of London & Westminster
Nickie Aiken has lived in the Cities of London and Westminster for more than 20 years, first moving to London in 1997. She lived in the Barbican in the heart of the City of London before moving to Pimlico where she has been raising her family since 1999.

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