Major vigor suppliers are giving pensioners £150 disconnected vigor bills this winter.

10:40, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 | UPDATED: 10:43, Thu, Nov 28, 2024

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State pensioners crossed the UK are being fixed a escaped £150 discount from large vigor suppliers this winter, including British Gas, OVO, EDF and E.ON.

The discount is portion of the government’s Warm Home Discount scheme and is applied straight to household energy bills by suppliers.

Pensioners successful England and Wales volition suffice for the £150 off if you get either the Guarantee constituent of Pension Credit, oregon you’re connected a debased income, person precocious vigor costs and assertion immoderate of these 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 whitethorn besides beryllium eligible if your household income falls beneath a definite threshold and you get either Child Tax Credit oregon Working Tax Credit.

The aforesaid criteria applies to pensioners surviving successful Scotland but you indispensable besides conscionable your vigor supplier’s criteria for the scheme. Unfortunately, the strategy is not disposable successful Northern Ireland.

Households that suffice should get a missive betwixt October 2024 and January 2025 confirming that you don’t request to bash thing and the discount volition beryllium applied to your measure automatically.

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

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British Gas, OVO, EDF and E.ON are among the main vigor suppliers taking portion successful the scheme, arsenic good as:

  • 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

  • Fuse Energy

  • Good Energy

  • Home Energy

  • London Power

  • Octopus Energy

  • Outfox the Market

  • 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.