HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 c229W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the formula used by the electricity industry regulator to determine how much profit is given as return to shareholders. [13908]

Mr. Eggar

The form of the price controls in the regulated electricity market is a matter for the Director General of Electricity Supply, who has hitherto imposed controls of the form "RPI-X". Distributions to 0shareholders are a commercial matter for the electricity companies.