We want to draw your attention to the government’s Warm Home Discount Scheme.
You could get up to £140 off your electricity bill for winter 2020 to 2021 by receiving a one-off discount on your electricity bill, between September and March. People using pre-pay or pay-as-you-go electricity meters do qualify.
Read more at the government website: https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme
Core Group people qualify for the scheme if on 5 July 2020 all of the following apply:
- Your energy supplier is part of the scheme
- Your name (or your partner’s) is on the energy bill
- You receive the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit (known as the core group)
You receive a letter between October and December 2020 from your energy supplier telling you how to get the discount. Your letter will say if you need to call a helpline by 26 February 2021 to confirm your details. Your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill by 31 March 2021.
If you do not get the letter and you think you are eligible for the CORE GROUP, contact the Warm Home Discount helpline on 0800 731 0214. Do not contact this helpline if you are not eligible for the CORE GROUP.
Broader Group people may qualify if the following apply:
- Your energy supplier is part of the scheme
- You are on a low income
- You get certain means-tested benefits
Your electricity supplier decides who can get the discount and the number of discounts that they will give is limited. The only way to get the discount is to apply directly to your electricity supplier.
You need to check and apply with your supplier as early as possible.
You can review a list of energy suppliers participating in this scheme below.
Cirencester Housing cannot apply on your behalf. We can help you understand if you might be eligible. Our Tenancy Plus Here4U is one to one customer service working closely with you so that together, we can identify and assist with options that maybe right for you.
Contact Tom on 01285 658377 or help4u@cirencesterhousing.org.uk
The following suppliers are part of the scheme.
Internet links to each of the supplier’s programme is available by visiting:
www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme/energy-suppliers
Affect Energy – see Octopus Energy
Angelic Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Atlantic – see SSE
Avro Energy
Beam Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Boost
Bristol Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
British Gas
British Gas Evolve (formerly British Gas X)
Bulb Energy
Citizen Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Co-op Energy – see Octopus Energy
E (Gas and Electricity)
E.ON
Ebico – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Ecotricity – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
EDF Energy
Fosse Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Great North Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Green Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
Green Network Energy
Green Star Energy
iSupply Energy – only if you’re eligible for the ‘core group’
London Power – see Octopus Energy
Lumo
M&S Energy – see Octopus Energy
npower
nPower Select
Octopus Energy
OVO
Powershop
Pure Planet
Qwest Energy – see Octopus Energy
Ram Energy – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Roar Power – see Octopus Energy
Robin Hood Energy – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Sainsbury’s Energy
Scottish Hydro – see SSE
ScottishPower
Shell Energy
So Energy
Southend Energy – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Southern Electric – see SSE
Spark
SSE
Swalec – see SSE
Symbio Energy
The LECCY – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Tonik Energy
Utilita
Utility Point – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Utility Warehouse
White Rose Energy – only if you’re eligible for the core group
Your Energy Sussex – only if you’re eligible for the core group
