Heat networks regulation: consumer protection guidance​

Closes 17 Oct 2025

Billing and Transparency

Summary

In this chapter, we provide draft guidance on the Provision of Billing and Price Transparency of Information authorisation condition.

Details

For this iteration of guidance, we have provided a clear reference point of the minimum requirements for billing for all authorised persons, including the minimum frequency at which a consumer should be billed and our specific expectations for unmetered heat networks.

The guidance also explains and provides the definitions relevant to the key billing requirements, as well as suggestions for how the information can be presented.    

We are also currently conducting research to better understand consumers’ needs when it comes to their bills and provision of information.

We intend on using this research to update any relevant guidance with examples of best practice and templates that suppliers can refer to.

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8. Do you find our proposed guidance on billing and transparency relevant to the corresponding authorisation condition, and useful?
9. Do you have suggestions for what we should consider including in a future iteration of the guidance on billing and transparency, to make it more useful?
10. Are you able to share some examples of best practice for billing, including any examples of templates or bills currently sent to consumers?
11. Do you have any views on non-domestic billing guidance?