I have received the following three emailed responses on this, which I shall post anonymously but send the full emails to you directly:
"We have the same problem. We have two elderly families living on one of our traveller sites who are eligible to the Warm Homes Discount but cannot claim it because the bill payer "provides" the electricity to the traveller site. This has been going on for the last two years and we have had two very cold winters. Hopefully the threat of an equalities case against Ofgem/DECC may put the pressure on. It is blatant discrimination and that is what I would be suing for if I were a MP.
I should also add that the traveller site gets their electricity at commercial rates which I believe is lower than the domestic rate. However, they use more electricity because their caravans are totally energy inefficient."
Secondly:
I raised it with a utility company. They pointed to the consultation response which said that identifying and getting it to people without a meter would be ‘too administratively complex.’ Because the utility didn’t have to do it therefore, they would not.
and finally the attachments, below, were emailed through to me with the message:
"these attachments may not answer the query fully but would certainly be of interest to the author of the Q."
Many thanks to those who have responded. Please feel free to contribute directly to the forum or, alternatively, email me with your comments if you would prefer me to post on your behalf at rob.leeson@can.uk.net
Best regards
Rob Leeson
CAN National Secretariat- Park Life - main report.pdf
- Park Life - executive summary.pdf
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