Warm Home Discount Scheme
If you’re on a low income in England and Wales
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.
If you do not get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you may still be eligible for the Warm Home Discount.
You may be eligible if all of the following applied on 24 August 2025:
- your energy supplier is part of the scheme
- you (or your partner) get certain means-tested benefits
- your name (or your partner’s) is on the electricity bill
This is known as being in the ‘core group 2’.
Qualifying benefits
The qualifying means-tested benefits are:
- 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
If you’re eligible
Your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.