More than 10,200 people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Government to bring back the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) for winter 2023/24.
The milestone is significant because it means the proposal has now reached the threshold to trigger an official response from the UK Government.
Some 28 million households received a £66/£67 monthly discount on their energy bills between October 2022 and March 2023 under the scheme last winter.
Ofgem lowered the price cap from £2,074 per year to £1,923 on October 1, however, while that means annual fuel bills for households on a standard tariff with average, typical usage should come down by £151, the daily standing charges have gone up from 82p to 83p per day for gas and electricity.
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