Energy Bill Relief Scheme (GB) (360G-cabinetoffice-G2-GA-2023111089436-22-23)

The Energy Bill Relief Schemes are established for Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI) under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022 / 1100) (EBRS GB Regulations), Energy Bill Relief Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1106) (EBRS NI Regulations) and the supporting Rules. The EBRS Schemes require licensed energy suppliers to provide a Discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic Customers (including all UK businesses, the voluntary sector such as charities, and the public sector such as schools and hospitals) whose current gas and electricity prices have been significantly inflated in light of global energy prices. The licensed suppliers will be able to make a recovery claim from the Government to recover the cost to them of applying these Discounts to their Customers. The EBRS Schemes will apply to Fixed Price Contracts agreed on or after 1 December 2021, as well as to Variable Price Contracts, Flexible Price Contracts and (in NI) DAI Price Contracts. It will apply to energy usage from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023, running for a six-month period for all eligible non-domestic energy users. The Government has announced that it will publish a review by the end of 2022 to inform decisions on future support after March 2023. The EBRS Schemes will operate by reference to a Government Supported Price. For all non-domestic energy users in GB and NI this has initially been set at: 21.1p/kWh for electricity 7.5p/kWh for gas The Government will determine and publish the Government Supported Price and Maximum Discount for the EBRS Schemes for each of gas and electricity. For each contract that is eligible for a Discount a Reference Wholesale Price must be determined. The Base Discount is then calculated as: Reference Wholesale Price Government Supported Price The Government will publish the Reference Wholesale Prices and Base Discount for Fixed Price Contracts, Variable Price Contracts and (for NI) the DAI Price Contracts1. The Discount to be applied to the Customers Supply Price is then potentially capped to ensure that the Discount does not exceed the Maximum Discount for Variable Price Contracts and flexible rate contracts.