The energy discount scheme aimed at providing additional support for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETIIs) and heat networks will launch next week without an application portal. Instead an Excel spreadsheet has been launched as an “interim solution”, however the government has admitted that it may not be fit for purpose for claimants looking to make larger applications. Make UK told Utility Week that the lack of an application portal could prove problematic if energy prices rise triggering a large number of claims.