Household energy

Services

Help with your energy bills

Help with your energy bills: the Energy Bills Support Scheme, Energy Price Guarantee, Energy Bills Discount Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment
Help from your energy supplier: the Energy Company Obligation

Help for home energy-saving improvements - eligibility, how to apply
Green Deal: energy saving for your home

Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme
Apply for energy bill support if you do not get it automatically

Apply for £400 energy bill support if you did not get it automatically (Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding)
Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)

Help with renewable energy costs for homeowners and landlords through the RHI scheme.

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Guidance and regulation

Domestic private rented property: minimum energy efficiency standard - landlord guidance
- Detailed guide
- 13 April 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Boiler Upgrade Scheme: changes to grant levels
- Notice
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment: privacy notices
- Notice
- 17 August 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Find a heat pump installer
- Detailed guide
- 5 July 2022
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Smart meters: a guide for households
- Detailed guide
- 14 October 2021
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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News and communications

Committee on Fuel Poverty annual report 2023: letter to Energy Efficiency Taskforce
- 8 September 2023
- Committee on Fuel Poverty
- Correspondence
Bespoke energy advice to help thousands of hard-to-reach households save on bills
- 12 August 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Hundreds of thousands of heat network customers to benefit from fairer energy prices
- 4 August 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Industry and government agree to seize the “immense opportunities ahead” as Britain builds a world-leading energy sector
- 2 August 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release
Thousands to be trained to boost energy efficiency in homes across the country
- 25 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Press release

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Research and statistics

Warm Home Discount statistics, 2022 to 2023
- 27 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Official statistics
Impact of increased cost of living on adults across Great Britain: February to May 2023
- 14 July 2023
- Office for National Statistics
- Official statistics
Exploring the effect of energy labels on consumer shopping decisions
- 30 June 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Research
Understanding the challenges faced by fuel poor households
- 1 June 2023
- Committee on Fuel Poverty
- Research
Sub-regional fuel poverty data 2023 (2021 data)
- 27 April 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

Warm Home Discount (England and Wales): draft eligibility statement
- 4 November 2022
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 14 August 2022
Energy Price Guarantee
- 19 September 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Policy paper
Domestic consumers with non-domestic energy supply contracts: call for evidence
- 24 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Open call for evidence
Energy Company Obligation (ECO+) 2023-2026: CFP response to BEIS consultation
- 14 April 2023
- Committee on Fuel Poverty
- Policy paper
Prepayment rules and protections: CFP response to the OFGEM call for evidence
- 14 April 2023
- Committee on Fuel Poverty
- Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: discounts for fixed, default and variable contracts
- 25 September 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Transparency
Energy Price Guarantee: regional rates
- 25 August 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Transparency
Energy Bills Support Scheme GB: payments made by electricity suppliers to customers
- 25 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Transparency
Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund (GB / NI) and Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund: applications made by customers
- 13 July 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Transparency
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Alternative Fuel Payment NI: payments made by electricity suppliers to customers
- 28 March 2023
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Transparency

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