Full list of people eligible for the £150 Warm Homes discount | Personal Finance

The Warm Homes discount scheme offers a one-off £150 off your energy bills, applied automatically if you’re eligible. The discount is provided through the government’s Warm Home Discount scheme, run by the Department of Energy and Net Zero.

This allows households receiving certain government benefits to receive a reduction on their electricity bills between October and March each year. However, it is important to note that this is not money paid directly into bank accounts. Additionally, only certain energy suppliers participate in the scheme, meaning if your energy supplier isn’t one of them, you won’t benefit from the discount. According to the DWP website, the following vendors are participating in this year’s Warm Home Discount program:

Affect Energy (now part of Octopus Energy)
Increase 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
Domestic energy
Power of London
Octopus energy
Outsmart the market
OVO Energy
Rebel energy
Sainsbury’s Energy
ScottishPower
Shell Energy Retail
So the energy
Tomato energy
Real energy
Utility
Utility warehouse
100Green (formerly Green Energy UK)

How can I benefit from the discount?

You can get this if you or your partner receive the guaranteed credit part of pension credit. This is called “core group one” in England and Wales or “core group” in Scotland. You can also get the discount if you have a low income, receive certain benefits, and have high energy costs. This is called being in ‘base group two’ if you live in England and Wales. If you live in Scotland and receive certain benefits, you will probably need to apply for them. You can do this by contacting your energy supplier directly.

What other benefits can I qualify for?

If you are not eligible for Pension Credit, you must have met the following criteria by August 11 this year to receive the reduction:

your energy supplier is part of the program
you (or your partner) benefit from certain means-tested benefits or tax credits
your property has a high energy cost score based on its features
your name (or that of your partner) is on the electricity bill

Benefits that could make you eligible include:

Housing allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) based on income
Income support
the “Savings Credit” part of Retirement Credit
Universal Credit

You may also be eligible if your household income is below a threshold, and you get either:

Child tax credit
Working tax credit

According to GOV.UK“the high cost threshold will determine whether a national project property is considered to have high energy costs, based on its modeled energy cost score. BEIS models the energy costs of domestic properties in England and Wales by applying a 3-feature algorithm to each property. »

These three characteristics of the property are: