The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has now released the notification form for the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS), which simply requires heat network suppliers to provide details of the heat networks they operate.
This information applies to ALL heat network suppliers, whether or not they have taken advantage of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS).
Click here to view the Heat Networks Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) Pass-through Notification Form.
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) has been announced by the UK government to ensure any support packages announced from the Energy Prices Act 2022 are passed through to end user on commercial networks, which also includes heat networks consumers.
As mentioned above, all heat networks suppliers will need to provide details of the heat networks they operate.
Heat network suppliers are required to provide this notification irrelevant of whether they have received the support of the EBRS scheme. This allows any complaints to the Energy Ombudsman from domestic and micro business consumers to be dealt with effectively.
Heat network suppliers must complete the notification by 6th January 2023. The penalty for non-submission is civil sanctions and a financial penalty of up to £5,000.
This notification is in addition to registering heat networks, under the Heat Networks (Metering and Billing) Regulations.
For further guidance, please check out the below:
Guidance on the Energy Bill Relief Scheme pass-through requirements for heat networks in the UK
Regulations: heat networks (metering and billing)
Pass-through requirements for energy price support provided to intermediaries
We do expect to see further announcements of support for heat networks beyond the end of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme on 31st March 2023. We will continue to share these announcements as soon as further information becomes available.
If you require any further information, or support, please get in touch with our team at info@sycous.com and we will be happy to assist!
