ValueExemption from Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariff policy costs from April 2027 and Capacity Market costs from October 2027 — government estimates support worth ~£35-40/MWh, cutting eligible manufacturers' electricity bills by up to ~25%; ~10,000 businesses expected to qualify
Deadlines2026-11-30 — Single application window 10/1/2026 to 11:59pm 11/30/2026; eligibility decisions January 2027; benefits start April 2027
RequirementsRegistered at Companies House; operate in an eligible manufacturing sector (SIC codes with electricity intensity >=0.9% frontier / >=2.7% foundational); manufacture at least one eligible HS-coded product at a Great Britain site; >=33 MWh/yr grid-supplied electricity at the manufacturing site
CaveatsGreat Britain only; broader but shallower than the EII/Supercharger route — businesses already holding EII certificates get the deeper Supercharger support instead; a proposed one-off April 2027 payment would effectively backdate support to April 2026 (confirm in final guidance)
Last verified2026-08-24