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.
Find out what to do if you did not get your discount for winter 2024 to 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鈥檚) 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 鈥榗ore group 1鈥� in England and Wales. In Scotland, it is the 鈥榗ore group鈥�.
If you do not get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you may still be eligible if you鈥檙e:
If you鈥檙e eligible
Your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.