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Support available to protect businesses from rising energy costs.
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This information was last updated on 12 October 2023
Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS)
The EBDS is a new scheme to provide business energy bill support between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024.
Eligibility
The scheme is available to everyone on a non-domestic energy supply contract with a licensed energy supplier 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 variable tariffs, or
- on flexible purchase (or similar) contracts
For more details, see the Energy Bills Discount Scheme information on the .gov website