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 2026. Find out what to do if you did not get your discount for winter 2025 to 2026.
You qualify for the discount if all of the following applied on 24 August 2025:
- 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:
If you’re eligible
Your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.