Overview of the Structure of the Act Part 2: Schemes for Reducing Fuel Poverty
These provisions create the framework for schemes that will oblige energy  suppliers to provide benefits to vulnerable consumers, for the purposes of reducing fuel poverty, when the current Voluntary Agreement(1) with energy suppliers comes to an end in March 2011. An integral part of these schemes will be social price support which, subject to consultation, will be in the form of an electricity bill rebate to a specified group of households.