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£400.00 Energy Grant
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People with lots of homes need the money, it costs a fortune to keep all those houses.0
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No guarantee that the money would be spent on energy bills, which is its purpose.TheMightyShowerHead said:Why not pay it through council tax again. And exclude empty and second homes from the rebate. Seems fairer and the system is already in place?0 -
MP's with second homes, will get it at least twice. The duke of Westminster and the queen will probably get it thousands of times over.
When you write to your local MP, maybe ask them to give you their second, third, forth, grant.0 -
wakeupalarm said:The duke of Westminster and the queen will probably get it thousands of times over.I somehow doubt that either of those people has thousands of residential electricity accounts in their names...This is not about property ownership, this is about who pays the electricity bill, for residential accounts, business accounts will not qualify...
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You don't think the Queen nips to the meter to bung another 50p in?1
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No, but it's a fairer system than giving it to second home owners and not people who don't have an electricity account with a main supplier. And what's to stop me from taking the 400 out of my energy account?GingerTim said:
No guarantee that the money would be spent on energy bills, which is its purpose.TheMightyShowerHead said:Why not pay it through council tax again. And exclude empty and second homes from the rebate. Seems fairer and the system is already in place?0 -
It seems highly likely from the information on gov.uk that it will be paid as 6 x £66.66 credits from October - that's not going to generate a withdrawable credit for most in winter, and with another increase to the SVR coming.TheMightyShowerHead said:
No, but it's a fairer system than giving it to second home owners and not people who don't have an electricity account with a main supplier. And what's to stop me from taking the 400 out of my energy account?GingerTim said:
No guarantee that the money would be spent on energy bills, which is its purpose.TheMightyShowerHead said:Why not pay it through council tax again. And exclude empty and second homes from the rebate. Seems fairer and the system is already in place?
(And given the tardiness many councils paying rhe £150 rebate, I'm not convinced the help would get to people in a timely enough fashion).1 -
Tried this question on the other thread about the same thing with no answers so far. How do you pay for your usage in these situations? Is it metered Or a fixed amount? How much do you pay for a unit? Do you pay a standing charge?Living the dream in the Austrian Alps.0
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we buy a card from the office, £20 or £50, that goes into a meter in our shed that is then credited with that amount, the rate is set by and owned by the estate0
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I do not think that the payment of the grant is to help jo public but to ensure that the energy companies stay in profit.
Then the Government do not have to bail these out or nationalize.0
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