Warm Home Discount Scheme
Overview
Your electricity supplier may have signed up to the Warm Homes Discount Scheme which offers a one-off discount of £140 from your electricity bill.
The money is not paid to you, it is a one-off discount on your electricity bill, between September and March.
You may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead if your supplier provides you with both gas and electricity. Contact your supplier to find out.
Getting the Warm Home Discount does not affect your eligibility for Cold Weather Payments or Winter Fuel Payments.
Eligibility
You can qualify for a warm home discount if:
Your supplier was part of the scheme, and
You or your partner's name was on the bill, and
You fit into either the:
Core group
If you are receiving the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit (even if you also get the Savings Credit) you should be automatically considered for the Warm Home Discount.
Broader group
The criteria for inclusion depends on the supplier but you may be eligible if you are in receipt of certain benefits; your annual income is below a certain amount and you are spending more than 10% of it on fuel; or you have a disability or illness.
How to claim
Core group
A letter will be sent to you in December telling you how to get the discount if you apply and whether you need to call a helpline by February the following year to confirm your details.
Your electricity supplier will then apply the discount to your bill by the end of March.
Broader group
Contact your electricity supplier to find out if you are eligible and how to apply. The number of discounts are limited, so check with them as soon as possible.
People who live in Park (mobile) homes
Contact Charis Grants for more information at:
T: 03303 801 040 (Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm - apart from bank holidays).
Fill in the Park Homes Warm Home Discount application form to be contacted when the scheme reopens.
Pre-pay or 'pay as you go' electricity meters
If you use a prepay or 'pay as you go' electricity meter, it may be paid to you through a top-up voucher but check with your supplier.
Can I get the Warm Home Discount off my gas bill?
If your supplier provides you with both gas and electricity, you may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead of your electricity bill.
Contact your supplier for more information.
Change of Supplier
If you apply for a Warm Home Discount but then change your supplier before this has been credited to your account, you will no longer be eligible to receive the discount from your original supplier. You will have to make an application to your new supplier.
Energy Suppliers
The following suppliers are part of the scheme:
Angelic Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Atlantic - see SSE
Beam Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Boost - see OVO
Bristol Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Citizen Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Ebico - see Robin Hood Energy
Economy Energy has closed - use Ovo Energy
Extra Energy has closed - use Scottish Power
First Utility - now Shell Energy
Fosse Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
GB Energy - see Co-operative Energy
Great North Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Liverpool Energy Community Company (LECCy) - see Robin Hood Energy
Lumo - see OVO
Our Power has closed - use Utilita
Powershop - see npower
Ram Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Robin Hood Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Scottish Gas - see British Gas
Scottish Hydro - see SSE
Shell Energy (previously First Utility)
Southern Electric - see SSE
Spark Energy has closed - use Ovo Energy
SWALEC - see SSE
White Rose Energy - see Robin Hood Energy
Your Energy Sussex - see Robin Hood Energy