NISEP Programme Administrator

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        "description": "The Northern Ireland Sustainable Energy Programme NISEP funds energy efficiency measures with most funding targeted at vulnerable customers. It is an 8 million fund collected annually from electricity customers through a public service obligation (PSO) levied on NIE Networks customers. The Department for the Economy DfE also uses NISEP as a vehicle to distribute additional government funding to support domestic energy efficiency. The UR are required to administer this scheme under NIE N's licence condition 43. The contract is for a supplier to act as a Programme Adminstrator for NISEP.",
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