"Companies in the UK gas industry may have breached competition law by acting together to undermine the uptake of heat pumps in the UK, lawyers at environmental charity ClientEarth are warning.

[..] ClientEarth lawyers point to evidence suggesting that certain companies joined together to influence the development of the UK home heating market, including by potentially misleading consumers into thinking that heat pumps are not a viable option. "

https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press-releases/lawyers-flag-risk-of-anti-competitive-conduct-to-block-uk-heat-pump-uptake/