CMA receives two appeal applications over electricity distribution network price controls
Northern Powergrid (Northeast) Limited and Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc and British Gas Trading Limited (BGT) have sought permission from the CMA to appeal against Ofgem鈥檚 RIIO-ED1 price controls for electricity distribution companies.
皇冠体育app details of these price controls .
皇冠体育app applications for permission to appeal are made under section 11C of the Electricity Act 1989 and relate to price controls made for the 8-year period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2023. BGT is not an electricity distribution network operator; it is seeking to appeal as a party materially affected by the decision.
皇冠体育app Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) must now decide whether to grant permission, and if it does so, it then has 6 months to determine the appeals.
Read our guidance for further details on the process for such appeals. More information will be published on the CMA website in due course.
皇冠体育app appeals are separate from the CMA鈥檚 ongoing investigation into the retail energy market.
All information is available on the Northern Powergrid and British Gas Trading case pages.