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<p>Several crucial environmental and social policy costs are funded ('levied') through
consumer bills to reduce the burden on the taxpayer. These schemes are vital to developing
domestic sources of low-carbon electricity to reduce our exposure to volatile global
fossil fuel markets and protect consumers in the long term.</p><p> </p><p>A list of
the current schemes that are funded through households and business energy bills is
on the Ofgem website. <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenvironmental-and-social-schemes&data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6f1901eb61f84f27425d08dc2bacf1a1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638433268982505666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SDnu%2B%2BiVuuTddOx6ol0Yj0rGaAVPWz3Y8G4fGGQw%2Bp4%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-and-social-schemes</a></p><p>
</p><p><strong>For households on default tariffs, Ofgem's published methodology for
the price cap sets out how these costs should be passed to consumers, for instance
the split between electricity and gas. </strong><strong><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-price-cap&data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6f1901eb61f84f27425d08dc2bacf1a1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638433268982515238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cMi2EhtJGCGNkA8DMFP8XltGy2tDNYYgSMxufASwhJU%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap</a></strong></p>
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