Meaning of "Direct Debit customers will receive the money as a deduction to their monthly DD"

samp3134

> "Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Direct Debit"

Suppose my Direct Debit is £100, and in October my energy company only takes £34 - minus £66 because of the government grant. Does this mean my Energy account will still put £100 into my energy account? I'm on an E.ON Next standard variable tariff, paying monthly by Direct Debit. The above pricing is for example only.

If it is true, then that is good.
If it is literally only a direct debit deduction, then I don't get how that helps as I'll still be paying for all my fuel usage anyway. Other companies are adding the money as an account credit or as a refund which makes sense.

Please can anyone confirm or clarify exactly how it will work?

samp3134

Oh, context is regarding the Energy Bills Support Scheme and how my energy company will provide the government grant

MWT

The Government payment will go into your account, the amount you pay will be reduced, so in your example, yes, your account gets £100, but only £34 comes from you...

GunJack

you are correct - DD reduced, but the full amount credited to energy account. In your own example above, DD £34, but £100 credited to energy account

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samp3134 said:

Suppose my Direct Debit is £100, and in October my energy company only takes £34 - minus £66 because of the government grant. Does this mean my Energy account will still put £100 into my energy account? I

Yes, it does.

daveyjp

My account is now showing my new dd for the next 6 months.

I suspect the account will show something like:

1st October Government credit £66
5 October direct debit £x.xx

samp3134

Great! Thank you all for your confirmation