On 29 April, the government announced that high energy usage businesses, such as steel and paper manufacturers, are set to receive further support for electricity costs as part of the Energy Intensive Industries (EII) compensation scheme. The EII scheme, which provides businesses with relief for the costs of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and Carbon Price Support mechanism in their electricity bills, will be extended for a further three years and its budget will be more than doubled. It will now also provide support for companies that manufacture batteries for electric vehicles. The government also highlighted that it will be looking at further measures to support business. These could include increasing the renewables obligation exemption to 100%, with further details to be announced in the coming weeks. It noted that this is in addition to existing support through the £315mn Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to help heavy industry cut bills and reduce emissions. The support package was announced as part of a review of schemes to compensate energy intensive industries for indirect emission costs in electricity prices.