Sainsbury's Energy and £400 energy bill discount

sandy700

Does anyone know whether Sainsbury's Energy are going to pay the £400 energy bill discount into the bank account where the DD is paid fromor is it going to be paid as a discount from your bill?
 

TheMilkmansDad

quick google:

How will the Energy Bills Support Scheme work?

In May 2022 the government announced several support measures to help households with rising energy bills. The main measure, announced by the Chancellor, is £400 off electricity bills for domestic customers across England, Wales and Scotland. Known as the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) this money will start to be credited to customers accounts from 1 October 2022 in six, monthly instalments. This money does not need to be paid back.

Each energy supplier has been asked to pay customers who have an electricity supply, so this means if your electricity is with us, you'll get your payment from Sainsbury's Energy. If you only have your gas with us, then you'll get your rebate through your electricity supplier.

You'll see a discount of £66 applied to your energy bills in October and November, and £67 a month from December to March 2023.

We'll be paying the money differently, depending on how you pay for your fuel now:

• Fixed Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Direct Debit.
• Pay on receipt of bill customers and regular cash payment customers will see the money automatically applied as a credit to their energy accounts in the first week of each month. This will show as a credit in the payments section of their monthly bill.
• Smart prepayment customers will see the money credited directly to their meters as a top up in the first week of each month.
• Traditional prepayment customers will be provided with vouchers in the first week of each month. You'll need to redeem these at your usual top-up point in a similar way to the Warm Home Discount.

The government has published more information about the Energy Bills Support Scheme on their website.

JGB1955

The answers are all here... Price Cap | Electricity and Gas | Sainsbury's Energy (sainsburysenergy.com)  

You'll see a discount of £66 applied to your energy bills in October and November, and £67 a month from December to March 2023.

We'll be paying the money differently, depending on how you pay for your fuel now:

• Fixed Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Direct Debi