2026 Budget now live

Our 2026 Budget is now published, setting out the funding required to deliver our Retail Energy Code (REC) services, programme portfolio, and regulatory commitments, alongside indicative projections for the following two years.

What the 2026 Budget covers

The 2026 Budget includes:

  • Financial projections for 2026–27, with indicative estimates for 2027–28 and 2028–29
  • Investment to improve REC services, including service quality, resilience, and delivery capability
  • Funding to deliver our programme portfolio and the services managed on behalf of industry
  • Internal resourcing to support safe, effective delivery

This is a delivery-focused Budget, designed to maintain stability where it matters and invest where it adds long-term value for industry.

Download 2026 Budget

Join the Budget stakeholder webinar

The draft Forward Work Plan 2026–29 is already live, while the 2026 Budget Webinar will take place on 25 February 2026, giving you time to read the document, understand the key cost drivers, and ask questions ahead of publication of the final Forward Work Plan 2026–29 towards the end of March 2026.

At the 2026 Budget webinar we’ll:

  • Summarise responses received on the draft Forward Work Plan 2026–29
  • Explain how the RECCo Board has considered that feedback, and what happens next
  • Walk through the 2026 Budget, including the key cost drivers and planning assumptions for delivering our strategy, REC services, and regulatory commitments
  • Take live questions
When: 25 February 2026 | 11:00–12:30 GMT
Where: Microsoft Teams: Save your space

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