Commentary on provisions of Act Support for meeting energy costs etc Section 13: Power of the Secretary of State to give support for meeting energy costs etc
This section enables the Secretary of State to:
provide support for meeting costs related to the use of energy;
enable or encourage the efficient use of energy;
provide support for meeting costs related to the supply of energy;
enable or encourage the supply of energy.
	The Secretary of State can provide this support by providing financial assistance to support any person or taking steps directly (for example, to acquire energy or purchase storage capacity directly) and to cover any incidental costs incurred.
	Subsection (2) provides that the Secretary of State may take other steps as appropriate in response to the energy crisis. 2
	The section also provides that any steps taken under this section on or after 1 January 2022 but before the Act comes into force are authorised under the Act.
	Schedule 6 details the expiry of the powers.