Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Welsh: Swyddfa’r Marchnadoedd Nwy a Thrydan

Non-ministerial government department overview
Formed	1 November 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11-01)
Preceding agencies	Office of Electricity Regulation Office of Gas Supply
Jurisdiction	Great Britain
Headquarters	10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14
Employees	1,187
Annual budget	For 2015–2016 Parliament approved through the Main Estimate a gross resource budget of £89.5 million[1]
Minister responsible	Claire Coutinho, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Non-ministerial government department executive	Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive
Website	ofgem.gov.uk

The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), supporting the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA, the Ofgem Board ^[2]), is the government regulator for the electricity and downstream natural gas markets in Great Britain.^[3] It was formed by the merger of the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) and Office of Gas Supply (Ofgas).