Ofgem’s recent Ofgem’s Consumer Impacts of Market 1 Conditions Survey (as of March 2022) concluded: • three in five women (59%) reported struggling to keep up with household bills and commitments (vs 51% of men), and 9% of women reported falling behind on some or many bills and commitments (vs 7% of men) • Among those who have noticed their energy costs have gone up recently, 89% of women say this has had some impact on their finances (vs 79% of men) o For example, 34% of women say they have had to reduce spending on necessities (e.g. food, clothing, medicines) (vs 27% of men) 2 We plan to review and update Ofgem’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy in 2022 and as part of that will consider further how best...