[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by nomadking

If any discount is tied to the account number, then will any change(even from PAYG meter to credit) wipe out the debt?
Power bills are per household, not per person, so using benefits wouldn't be the appropriate way to do it.
Crediting PAYG meters is easy. Just use the same mechanism as for the Warm Homes Discount. The problem comes with recovering the £200 over time. That might be best done by a surcharge on the standing charge. May be unfair to those who didn't get the £200, but not sure there is any other way. An 11p per day extra would appear large compared to the real underlying standing charge.

Other complications exist, such as bedsits or flats in a single building with a single power bill paid by the landlord. Each flat/bedsit would get the council tax reduction, but not the £200 each.

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I don't understand why they couldn't have amended the basic IS/JSA/ESA etc payment by £20, the same way as the annual increase.

Hopefully the courts will back that up