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Joyful

If someone has a combination of DLA/over 70 and an income of under £15000 they will be offered the lower tariff as well as other things.This threshold of £15000 includes ALL household income.

If someone is either on DLA or over 70 but has more income they will get other types of help irrespective of income but not the lower tariff.


If the income is under £15000 but no disabilities/over 70 they will also get other help but not the tariff.

Like Bryando, if they do not qualify for the lower tariff and they have 2 PP meters supplied by BG they can go on the web and apply for payge click which can save up to £70 a year.

Other help available is cavity and loft insulation, VDU monitors, Standbye savers and referrals to our partnership charities.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion.

Cardew

Joyful wrote: »

If someone has a combination of DLA/over 70 and an income of under £15000 they will be offered the lower tariff as well as other things.This threshold of £15000 includes ALL household income.

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Joyful,
Can you define 'income' please.

I understand that some benefits e.g. Council Tax relief are not paid as income as such, you just pay proportion, or none, of the Council Tax.

So if, say, you should pay £1,000 pa Council Tax, but the relief meant you paid nothing, would that £1,000 count as income toward the £15,000 threshhold?

Same if you got free housing etc?

Joyful

Cardew wrote: »

Joyful,
Can you define 'income' please.


So if, say, you should pay £1,000 pa Council Tax, but the relief meant you paid nothing, would that £1,000 count as income toward the £15,000 threshhold?

Same if you got free housing etc?

Yes to both. All benefits are classed as an income.

fishingcinema

hi there

have you tried southern electric

http://www.southernenergytips.co.uk/help.aspx

i am on there energycare scheme and was paying something like 15p but now paying 8.9p

they used to send a rebate cheque every few months but now they set this to the electric key so you pay a lower rate

i am not sure how much i pay for my gas but know its cheaper than everywhere else and last time i phoned and spoke to them they said they are still sending the rebate cheques for the gas but now for electric you get a pre set rate on your key

hope this makes sense and you get some help

all the best