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The automatic one-off £150 payment will help eligible, low-income homes with the cost of their energy bills over the winter.
To qualify for the Warm Home Discount, customers must have an account with one of the participating electricity suppliers and claim either the Guarantee Credit portion of Pension Credit or, if they have high energy costs, a different ‘qualifying benefit’ such as the Savings Credit portion of Pension Credit, Universal Credit or Housing Benefit.
These are the energy suppliers participating in the scheme:
- Affect Energy (now part of Octopus Energy)
- Boost Energy
- British Gas (including Scottish Gas)
- Bulb (now part of Octopus Energy)
- Co-op Energy (now part of Octopus Energy)
- E (gas and electricity)
- E.on Next
- Ecotricity
- EDF Energy
- Good Energy
- Octopus Energy
- Outfox the Market
- Ovo Energy
- Rebel Energy
- Sainsbury’s Energy
- Scottish Power
- Shell Energy
- So Energy
- SSE (now part of Ovo Energy)
- SSE Southern Electric (now part of Ovo)
- SSE Scottish Hydro (now part of Ovo)
- SSE Swalec (now part of Ovo Energy)
- Tomato Energy
- Tru Energy
- Utilita
- Utility Warehouse
- 100Green (previously Green Energy UK)
Those who qualify for the Warm Home Discount in England and Wales will receive a letter from explaining the discount and instructions on what they need to do next, while customers in Scotland will need to apply directly with their energy supplier as soon as possible.
Amazon Alexa energy saving tips
Families can now also access energy saving tips through their Amazon Alexa from today, after the government relaunched a public information campaign that saved homes an estimated £120 million last year.
Through a free collaboration between the government and Amazon, anyone asking Alexa how to reduce their energy bill will now receive the latest government advice on preparing their home for winter and…
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