Energy Support October Update

Residents message us to ask if we have any more info on Energy Grants so just to update on the current position.


1. £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme.

All households including park homes will receive a free £400 discount. For bricks and mortar people this is being paid by the energy companies directly to their customers in 6 instalments from October.

Because most park homeowners don't have a contract with an energy supplier (the site owner has the contract) we’ll receive our £400 another way.

The last we heard the government was finalising the mechanism of how we get our £400 and they will announce that soon.


2. Energy Price Cap ELECTRICITY.

The Energy Price Cap limits the amount you can be charged per unit of electricity. However, this scheme is only for people who have direct domestic contracts with an energy supplier. Unfortunately we don’t because Royale are business customers.

The government has recently introduced a similar scheme for business customers but it’s not easy to work out because the discount only applies to the wholesale cost portion of the energy contract.

Royale has assured us as soon as they know the new price of our electricity they will write to all of us.


3. Energy Price Cap GAS.

LPG isn’t included in the gas price cap but the government is giving us a one-off payment of £100 to help with increases. Strictly speaking, bottled gas shouldn’t be rising as steeply as mains gas but OfGem don’t have any regulatory powers over LPG suppliers so there’s evidence many are profiteering.

Once again we have no details of how they will get this money to us but we’re promised an announcement soon.