UK Non-Commodity Charge · Distribution (Gas)
Customer Standing Charge (Gas)
Current rates, who sets them, and where they are forecast to go.
What Customer Standing Charge (Gas)is, who sets the rate, what the revenue funds, and where it's heading. Sourced daily from the Purely Energy non-commodity cost data hub.
Customer Standing Charge (Gas): what it is, who charges it, and what it pays for
What it is
The Customer Standing Charge (Gas) charge in plain English
Customer Standing Charge (Gas) is a non-commodity charge that appears on UK business gas bills. It is collected by suppliers and passed through to the body that levies it.
Who charges it
The body that sets the rate
Not yet catalogued. The rate-setting body is normally Ofgem, HMRC, the ESO or a designated levy body.
Unit
p/day
Applies to
UK business gas
What it pays for
Where the revenue ends up
Not yet catalogued. Most non-commodity charges fund a specific scheme, network operator or government policy.
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