When will Alternative Fuel Payment be paid?

@Mjpservices

The government has published the eligibility criteria, how customers will be identified and how energy suppliers will be given a list of MPAN to identify and pay customers.

The PDF can be downloaded from this page.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-alternative-fuel-payment-afp-scheme-in-great-britain-guidance-for-electricity-suppliers

Payments should start in Feb but no news on exact date

I am just a customer like you. I don't work for OVO 

Thanks for update 

@Mjpservices 

There was another government announcement yesterday on the 6th Feb. Payments started yesterday, but i am sure it will vary by supplier as the target was end Feb. 

From today households across Great Britain who don’t use mains gas for heating will start receiving £200 towards their energy bills as the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) scheme launches. Most will get the £200 AFP automatically as a credit on their electricity bill but some customers will need to apply for the support later this month.

Nearly 2 million households who use alternative energy sources such as heating oil, biomass and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to warm their homes will receive the support which was doubled to £200 last year.

The vast majority, including many homes in rural areas, will get it automatically through their electricity supplier as a credit on their bill throughout February. A small minority of customers, such as those living in park homes or on static houseboats with no direct energy supplier, will need to apply to receive the payment through an online portal that will launch later this month.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/households-businesses-and-organisations-off-the-gas-grid-to-receive-energy-bill-support-over-the-coming-weeks

Hey @Jeffus,

Taken from the following topic:

*The Government has now confirmed details about how the ‘Alternative Fuel’ payments (AFP) will be made. This includes households without a direct relationship to an energy supplier. 

Information taken from the GOV website where you can find the latest updates on this topic

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are due to let us know which customers are eligible for the payment in early February, and we’re planning to start making these payments from 13 February, depending on when we receive the information from BEIS.*

@Emmanuelle_OVO could these 3 threads about the £200 be combined ?

Same oil as well,.

OVo have already made a government energy payment to my bank, I would have thought they would have bundled the £200 in that payment?

Will they be doing another refund payment run before the month end.

Do  customer services have the ability  confirm you are eligible?

The link is old @Emmanuelle_OVO

That one is from December. You have posted the old link on a few threads

There was a new link yesterday

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/households-businesses-and-organisations-off-the-gas-grid-to-receive-energy-bill-support-over-the-coming-weeks

Just wondering if anyone has received this payment yet, via their OVO account 

I’ve not seen any reports of payments yet. Soon though… Hopefully...