The announcement of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme was very much welcomed by the many businesses struggling with the additional energy costs over the winter months, however, this is now coming to an end with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme taking its place. Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) Th...
Reacting to energy prices in 2022 The Climate Change Levy (CCL) explained – What is it? The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) explained: what was it and what has replaced it? The Energy Bills Discount Scheme explained – how will it impact my energy bill? VAT on business energy ...
New Scheme Aims to Cut Energy Bills
THE SCHEME REPLACES THE EBRS The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) wasannounced on 10 January 2023 and will replace the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) from the end of March 2023. The new scheme runs for 12 months from 1 April 2023 and is for businesses that have agreed a contract...
Customers who are worried about paying their energy bill are encouraged to contact their supplier to access available support – and to check their eligibility for the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which offers a one-off payment to help meet heating costs. ...
Withoutgovernment intervention, household electricity costs could have grown sixfold too. But the energy price guarantee (EPG) launched in September 2022 was designed to limit the per-unit price charged to all consumers. Under the scheme, a typical customer should pay around £2,500 per year ...
Pay your bills via your benefits- If you receive certain benefits, such as Universal Credit and Income Support, it may be possible to pay your energy bill debts via your benefits with theFuel Direct Scheme. Get free debt help and advice- There are a number of charities that offer free deb...
The current Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which was announced in September, has provided £18bn to businesses to help with soaring costs. However, this support package will now be replaced with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme which will see the amount reduced to £5.5bn. ...
Sam Holliday, FSB development manager for Gloucestershire,said: "The figures we are all hearing from small businesses about the rises in utility bills are quite terrifying and this promises to be every big a challenge for SMEs as Covid. And, sadly, there is no vaccine to sort this ...
Expanding the Warm Home Discount scheme—both in terms of increasing the payment amount, but also widening eligibility criteria so a much larger section of people could access support—was also generally favoured by members of the public. The reasons for this related strongly to the notion of sha...