With the Warm Home Discount Scheme, you could get £140 off your electricity bill.

The money isn’t paid to you - it’s a one-off discount on your electricity bill between October and April.

The discount won’t affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment.

Eligibility

There are 2 ways to qualify for the Warm Home Discount Scheme:

• you get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit - known as the ‘core group’
• you’re on a low income and meet your energy supplier’s criteria for the scheme - known as the ‘broader group’

How you apply for the Warm Home Discount Scheme depends on how you qualify for the discount.

The following suppliers are part of the scheme:

• Affect Energy – see Octopus Energy
• Angelic Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Avro Energy
• Beam Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Boost
• Bristol Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• British Gas
• Bulb Energy
• Citizen Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Co-op Energy - see Octopus Energy
• E (Gas and Electricity)
• E.ON
• Ebico - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Ecotricity - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• EDF Energy
• Fosse Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Great North Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Green Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• Green Network Energy
• Green Star Energy
• iSupply Energy - only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
• London Power – see Octopus Energy
• Lumo
• M&S Energy – see Octopus Energy
• npower
• nPower Select
• Octopus Energy
• OVO
• Powerhouse
• Pure Planet
• Ram Energy - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Robin Hood Energy - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Sainsbury’s Energy - see npower
• ScottishPower
• Shell Energy
• So Energy
• Southend Energy - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Spark
• SSE
• Symbio Energy
• The LECCY - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Tonik Energy
• Utilita
• Utility Point - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Utility Warehouse
• White Rose Energy - only if you’re eligible for the core group
• Your Energy Sussex - only if you’re eligible for the core group