Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, what guidance his Department has issued on whether intermediaries should pass through support to end users if the final bills covering the eligible period (a) do and (b) do not exceed the initial estimated cost paid upfront.

Any eligible intermediary that was provided support from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme should have passed this on in a just and reasonable way, to end users. Guidance for intermediaries was published on GOV.UK which sets out how intermediaries should calculate the pass-through requirement.[1]

Intermediaries must pass on the discount irrespective of how the end user pays for their energy use. They can adjust the amount they pass on based on their charges to end users and must demonstrate to end users that this amount is just and reasonable.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries