New business energy bill support scheme from April 2023 – Blog
The UK government’s current Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) is continuing to offer discounted energy costs for non-domestic consumers of wholesale gas and electricity until the end of March.
This six-month scheme, which started on 1st October 2022 and will end on 31st March 2023, was always intended to be a temporary measure to help businesses continue to operate throughout the cost of energy crisis over the winter.
Now this is coming to an end, the government will be replacing it with the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2024. This twelve-month scheme will be less generous, as there is no ‘government supported price’ cap, and businesses with energy costs below a certain amount will not qualify.
Here’s how the new energy bill support scheme for businesses will work, and how it could affect your business in the next year.