Updates to the energy bill relief scheme for businesses

As reported by the government, help for businesses and other non-domestic customers has been updated

The government has announced that support comparable to EBRS will be extended to non-domestic energy customers who receive gas or electricity via public networks from non-licensed providers: see the EBRS: non-standard supplies of energy section.

The scheme will be available to everyone on a non-domestic contract including:

• businesses
• voluntary sector organisations, such as charities
• public sector organisations such as schools, hospitals and care homes

who are:

• on existing fixed price contracts that were agreed on or after 1 December 2021
• signing new fixed price contracts
• on deemed / out of contract or standard variable tariffs
• on flexible purchase or similar contracts
• on variable ‘Day Ahead Index’ (DAI) tariffs (Northern Ireland scheme only).