People getting the household benefits package get the allowance towards either electricity or gas - not both.Works out at €420 per year. There is a similar gas payment + the €200 credit all households got. Thus a home with Gas and Electricity household got €1040 in subsidies this year
Those on the fuel allowance got €924 + an additional €225 this year
Hence the total fuel and power subsidies for a household could come to €2189 this year or €182 per month. That would go a long way to covering a lot of heating and electric bills.
A potentially stupid side bar question if I might ask please.
Looking at an electricity bill for an elderly relative now 65. He opted for his Household Benefit allowance to go to the electricity utility. Due to some quirk in readings (probably caused by overestimated readings which were not corrected despite being phoned in) he is currently in credit ! I cannot be sure if his daily electricity allowance has been paid for each day of the in credit billing period ?
QUESTION : If you are running a current credit balance on your electricity bill are you still entitled to receive your daily allowance or do you have to be in debit balance to receive it ?
Hi yes the HBA for electric is paid even if you account is in credit and by switching provider at the end on contract you can add some extra credit from the provider as a sign on fee,,,, if you pay by DD make sure that the provide is charging for the amount used and not an estimate that may be more than in ur current account can pay out each month allthough with new smart meters the provider should have an exact reading I think its better to have the HBA paid direct to the persons current account thanksA potentially stupid side bar question if I might ask please.
Looking at an electricity bill for an elderly relative now 65. He opted for his Household Benefit allowance to go to the electricity utility. Due to some quirk in readings (probably caused by overestimated readings which were not corrected despite being phoned in) he is currently in credit ! I cannot be sure if his daily electricity allowance has been paid for each day of the in credit billing period ?
QUESTION : If you are running a current credit balance on your electricity bill are you still entitled to receive your daily allowance or do you have to be in debit balance to receive it ?
I think its better to have the HBA paid direct to the persons current account thanks
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