Full list of people eligible for £150 Warm Homes Discount

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

This grants households claiming certain Government benefits a discount on their electricity bills between October and March each year. However, it’s important to note that this is not money paid directly into bank accounts. Also, only certain energy suppliers participate in the scheme, meaning if your energy supplier isn’t part of it, you won’t receive the discount. According to the DWP website, the following suppliers are taking part in this year’s Warm Home 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
ScottishPower
Shell Energy Retail
So Energy
Tomato Energy
Tru Energy
Utilita
Utility Warehouse
100Green (previously Green Energy UK)

How do I get the discount?

You can get it if you or your partner receives the Guarantee Credit portion of the benefit Pension Credit. This is known as “core group one” in England and Wales or the “core group” in Scotland. You can also recieve the discount if you’re on a low income, claiming certain benefits and have high energy costs. This is known as being in the “core group two” if you live in England and Wales. 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.

What other benefits can make me eligible?

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

The benefits that could 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

According to GOV.UK, “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: