BICS · APPLICATIONS OPEN 1 OCTOBER

Do you qualify for BICS?

The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme removes three levies from an eligible manufacturer's electricity bill. Check your site in under a minute.

Check your eligibility for BICS

Search by company name or number. We'll check your SIC code against the government's eligible list, then ask two quick questions about your site.

What is BICS?

The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme is a government levy exemption for UK manufacturers. If your site qualifies, three costs come off your electricity bill: the Renewables Obligation, the Feed-in Tariff, and the Capacity Market levy. Most businesses have never seen these three named on a bill, let alone removed from one.

Who qualifies?

Four things all have to be true:

1. Your business is registered at Companies House

2. You operate in an eligible manufacturing sector, by SIC code

3. You manufacture eligible products in Great Britain, by commodity (HS) code

4. Your site draws more than 33 MWh of grid-supplied electricity a year

Only grid-supplied power counts towards the 33 MWh. Anything you generate on site sits outside the threshold, and outside the relief.