Warm Home Discount Scheme

If you get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit

The Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2025.

You qualify for the discount if all of the following applied on 11 August 2024:

your energy supplier is part of the scheme
your name (or your partner’s) is on the electricity bill
you or your partner are getting the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit (even if you get Savings Credit as well)

This is known as being in the ‘core group 1’ in England and Wales. In Scotland, it is the ‘core group’.

If you do not get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you may still be eligible if you’re:

Your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.