Sentence examples for Social tariff from inspiring English sources

A. You had been on Southern Electric's "social tariff", but were removed from this.

One water company, Sutton and East Surrey Water, runs a social tariff alongside its standard plan.

It has used its discretion to keep you on the social tariff for another year, after which the matter will be reviewed again.

Some families' bills will go up by as much as 16%, but poorer households will qualify for a cheaper "social tariff".

We consider the design of a nonlinear social tariff for residential water in Côte d'Ivoire, which is a case of a monopolistic private operator supplying a population of heterogeneous consumers.

The tariff structure makes it economically unfeasible to harvest rainwater in any scenario for houses where water consumption is below the social tariff or receives fixed price water bill.

■ Scottish and Southern Has no similar trust operation, preferring to offer social tariffs.

This could make fuel poverty worse, so it is good that the Department of Energy and Climate Change is making social tariffs mandatory.

Ofgem and Energywatch are also putting pressure on suppliers to bring in social tariffs that provide special discounts or price freezes for low-income households.

"Metering with discretionary tariffs and social tariffs to protect the vulnerable would mean some people would pay more for water … but that would encourage people to use it more wisely.

The Watchdog wants water companies to do more to ensure that customers who are struggling or unable to pay their bill get the help they need, such as by raising awareness of social tariffs and other assistance schemes.