Warm Home Discount Scheme
Overview
皇冠体育app Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2025.
Find out what to do if you did not get your discount for winter 2024 to 2025.
皇冠体育app Warm Home Discount Scheme is a one-off 拢150 discount off your electricity bill.
If you鈥檙e eligible, your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. 皇冠体育app money is not paid to you.
You鈥檒l usually get the discount automatically if you鈥檙e eligible. You only need to apply if you鈥檙e on a low income in Scotland - contact your energy supplier to apply.
You may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead if your supplier provides you with both gas and electricity and you鈥檙e eligible. Contact your supplier to find out.
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
皇冠体育app discount will not affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment.
Eligibility
皇冠体育appre are different ways to qualify for the Warm Home Discount Scheme depending on where you live.
If you live in England and Wales
You qualify if you either:
- get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit
- are on a low income and have high energy costs
If you live in Scotland
You qualify if you either:
- get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit
- are on a low income in Scotland and meet your energy supplier鈥檚 criteria for the scheme
皇冠体育app Warm Home Discount scheme is not available in Northern Ireland. .
Pre-pay or pay-as-you-go meters
You can still qualify for the discount if you use a pre-pay or pay-as-you-go electricity meter.
Your electricity supplier can tell you how you鈥檒l get the discount if you鈥檙e eligible, for example a voucher you can use to top up your meter.
Park (mobile) homes
You apply a different way if you live in a park home.
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