Full list of people eligible for £150 Warm Home Discount this winter
As temperatures start to drop this winter there are some people across the country who are eligible for the one-off Warm Homes Discount Scheme £150 reduction.
It gives certain households money off their electricity bills until March 2025.
But only certain energy suppliers do it and the money isn’t paid directly into your bank holiday.
Find out who is eligible and who takes part below:
Who is eligible for the Warm Homes Discount Scheme?
- If you or your partner receives the Guarantee Credit portion of the benefit Pension Credit.
- If you’re on a low income, claiming certain benefits and have high energy costs.
- If you live in Scotland and you claim certain benefits, you will likely need to apply. You can do this by contacting your energy supplier directly.
- Other benefits that can make you eligible include housing benefit.
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support
- the ‘Savings Credit’ part of Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- You could also qualify if your household income is below a cap, and you get either:
- Child Tax Credit
- Working Tax Credit
If you don’t get Pension Credit, you must have met the following criteria on August 11 this year to get the discount:
- your energy supplier is part of the scheme
- you (or your partner) get certain means-tested benefits or tax credits
- your property has a high energy cost score based on its characteristics
- your name (or your partner’s) is on the electricity bill
Gov.uk says ‘high-cost threshold will determine whether a domestic property is considered as having high energy costs, based on their modelled energy cost score. BEIS models the energy costs of domestic properties in England and Wales by applying an algorithm to 3 characteristics of each property.’
These three property characteristics are:
- type
- age
- floor area
Which energy suppliers provide the Warm Homes Discount Scheme?
- Affect Energy (now part of Octopus Energy)
- Boost Energy
- British Gas (including Scottish Gas)
- Co-op Energy (now part of Octopus Energy)
- E (gas and electricity)
- Ecotricity
- EDF Energy
- E.ON Next
- Good Energy
- Home Energy
- London Power
- Octopus Energy
- Outfox the Market
- OVO Energy
- Rebel Energy
- Sainsbury’s Energy
- Scottish Power
- Shell Energy Retail
- So Energy
- Tomato Energy
- Tru Energy
- Utilita
- Utility Warehouse
- 100Green (previously Green Energy UK)
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