Thornliebank care home benefits from free gas and electricity

It’s one of 170 care homes selected to receive the free energy, which are small businesses based in communities local to Drax’s operations across Scotland, England and Wales and are already supplied by Opus Energy and Haven Power – both part of Drax Group.

Drax Group CEO Will Gardiner said: “We’re working hard to offer more support to our customers and communities during this crisis.

“Care homes are critically important – they do incredible work looking after some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and we know this pandemic is putting them under immense pressure.

“As a gesture of appreciation for the excellent work these businesses are doing, we’re cancelling their energy bills for a couple of months.”

As well as the support for the six care homes in Scotland, Drax is also donating £150,000 to the Money Advice Trust’s Business Debtline, a national charity helping SMEs facing financial hardship.

This is in addition to reduced and deferred payment plans for business customers adversely impacted by the lockdown, and energy rates being frozen for three months for those coming to the end of their contracts and rolling on to a monthly plan.