Warm Home Discount

The Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2026.

Check if you’re eligible for the discount for winter 2026 to 2027.

The Warm Home Discount Scheme is a one-off £150 discount off your electricity bill.

If you’re eligible, your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.

You’ll usually get the discount automatically if you’re eligible. You may need to apply directly to your energy supplier if you live in Scotland.

You may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead if your supplier provides you with both gas and electricity and you’re eligible. Contact your supplier to find out.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

The discount will not affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment.

Eligibility

There are different ways to qualify for the Warm Home Discount Scheme depending on where you live.

Find out the eligibility criteria if:

you live in England or Wales

you live in Scotland

The Warm Home Discount scheme is not available in Northern Ireland. Find out about the Affordable Warmth scheme.

Pre-pay or pay-as-you-go meters

You can still qualify for the discount if you use a pre-pay or pay-as-you-go electricity meter.

Your electricity supplier can tell you how you’ll get the discount if you’re eligible, for example a voucher you can use to top up your meter.

Park (mobile) homes

You apply a different way if you live in a park home.

Apply for the Park Homes Warm Home Discount.

The Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2026.

Check if you’re eligible for the discount for winter 2026 to 2027.

You may be eligible if all of the following applied on 23 August 2026:

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’.

Qualifying benefits

The qualifying means-tested benefits are:

Universal Credit

Housing Benefit

income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Pension Credit

If you’re eligible

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

The Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2026.

Check if you’re eligible for the discount for winter 2026 to 2027.

You may be eligible if all of the following applied on 23 August 2026:

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

For some qualifying benefits, you’ll get the discount automatically. For others, you will need to apply directly to your energy supplier.

When you’ll get the discount automatically

You’ll get the discount automatically if you or your partner:

get Pension Credit

get an extra amount of Universal Credit because you or your child has a disability or health condition

get a disability premium or a pensioner premium of income-related Employment Support Allowance

get a disability premium or a pensioner premium and have a Support for Mortgage Interest loan

You’ll also get the discount automatically if you or your partner has responsibility for a child under 5 who normally lives with you and you:

are unemployed and get Universal Credit

get Income-related Employment Support Allowance

have a Support for Mortgage Interest loan

This is known as being in the ‘core group’.

When you’ll need to apply to get the discount

If you do not get the discount automatically, you’ll need to apply directly to your energy supplier.

Your electricity supplier may have extra eligibility criteria. They’ll also tell you which benefits mean you are eligible.

This is known as being in the ‘broader group’.

If you’re eligible

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

The Warm Home Discount Scheme has closed. It will reopen in October 2026.

Check if you’re eligible for the discount for winter 2026 to 2027.

The following suppliers will be part of the winter 2026 to 2027 scheme:

100Green (formerly Green Energy UK or GEUK)

Boost

British Gas

E - also known as E (Gas and Electricity)

Ecotricity

EDF

EnergyCoop – see Octopus Energy

E.ON Next

Fuse Energy

Good Energy

Home Energy

London Power

Octopus Energy

Outfox Energy

OVO

Sainsbury’s Energy

Scottish Gas – see British Gas

ScottishPower

So Energy

Square 1 Energy Ltd

TruEnergy

Tulo Energy

Utilita

Utility Warehouse

If your supplier is no longer trading

If the electricity supplier you were with stops trading, you may still be eligible for a Warm Home Discount. Ofgem will appoint your new supplier for you.

Check with your new supplier if you’re eligible for the discount.

Contact your electricity supplier if both the following apply:

you did not get your discount by 31 March 2026

you have confirmation you were eligible for the scheme for winter 2025 to 2026

You’ll have confirmation you were eligible if you:

got a letter from the Warm Home Discount Scheme saying you were eligible

were told you were eligible by the Warm Home Discount Scheme helpline

were told you were eligible when you applied to your electricity supplier (if you’re on a low income in Scotland)

If your electricity supplier cannot help

Write to the Warm Home Discount Scheme if you have confirmation you were eligible but your supplier could not give you the discount.

You should include:

your name, address and date of birth

the reference number from your confirmation letter, if you have one

the name of your electricity supplier and your account number

the name of the person on the electricity bill on 24 August 2025 (if it is different to yours)

Warm Home Discount SchemePO Box 970PrestonPR2 0FX