State pensioners claiming any of these 6 benefits can get £150 off British Gas bill

Pensioners connected a debased income tin get a £150 discount connected their vigor measure from British Gas (Image: Getty)

State pensioners connected a debased income who are claiming 1 of six means-tested benefits tin get a £150 discount disconnected their British Gas bill.

The discount is portion of the Warm Home Discount scheme that has been extended by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for 2024/25 to assistance susceptible households that are in, oregon astatine hazard of, substance poorness this winter.

The discount is applied straight to your measure by British Gas if you’re eligible, alternatively than arsenic a nonstop outgo to you.

There are antithetic ways to suffice for the enactment depending connected wherever you live. If you unrecorded successful England and Wales, you’ll get it if you person either the Guarantee constituent of Pension Credit, oregon if you’re connected a debased income, person precocious vigor costs and assertion immoderate of these six qualifying benefits:

• Housing Benefit

• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

• Income Support

• the ‘Savings Credit’ portion of Pension Credit

• Universal Credit

You could besides suffice if your household income falls beneath a definite threshold and you get either Child Tax Credit oregon Working Tax Credit.

If you unrecorded successful Scotland, the aforesaid criteria applies but you indispensable besides conscionable your vigor supplier’s criteria for the scheme. Unfortunately, the strategy is not disposable to anyone who lives successful Northern Ireland.

You should person a missive betwixt October 2024 and January 2025 if you’re eligible, confirming that you don’t request to bash thing and the discount volition beryllium applied automatically.

You should get the £150 discount by March 31, 2025, and this volition beryllium taken disconnected your vigor measure straight by British Gas.

But it’s not conscionable British Gas taking portion successful the strategy arsenic determination are much than 20 different suppliers taking part. So if you’re with immoderate of the pursuing vigor suppliers you’ll besides get the £150 discount:

• 100Green (formerly Green Energy UK oregon GEUK)

• Affect Energy – spot Octopus Energy

• Boost

• Bulb Energy – spot Octopus Energy

• Co-op Energy - spot Octopus Energy

• E - besides known arsenic E (Gas and Electricity)

• Ecotricity

• E.ON Next

• EDF

• Fuse Energy

• Good Energy

• Home Energy

• London Power

• Octopus Energy

• Outfox the Market

• OVO

• Rebel Energy

• Sainsbury’s Energy

• Scottish Gas – spot British Gas

• ScottishPower

• Shell Energy Retail

• So Energy

• Tomato Energy

• TruEnergy

• Utilita

• Utility Warehouse

If you deliberation you’re eligible for the discount but don’t person a missive by aboriginal January 2025, you should interaction the Warm Home Discount Scheme helpline connected 0800 030 9322 earlier the deadline of February 28, 2025.