State pensioners set for free £150 boost that will be applied automatically

If you're eligible, you'll person the uplift done the Warm Home Discount scheme, which is tally by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Millions of authorities pensioners volition soon person energy assistance worthy £150 - with the wealth being awarded automatically for the bulk of people.

If you're eligible, you'll person the uplift done the Warm Home Discount scheme, which is tally by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The £150 is awarded arsenic a one-off discount your energy bill, alternatively than a currency outgo into your slope account.

If you person a accepted prepayment metre - truthful not a astute prepayment metre - you'll beryllium fixed a top-up voucher which you'll request to redeem. If you're a dual substance customer, you tin inquire your vigor supplier if it is imaginable to person the discount applied to your state measure instead.

The discount should beryllium applied automatically for astir radical from October to the extremity of March - though immoderate households whitethorn You'll archetypal request to spot if your vigor supplier is signed up to the Warm Home Discount strategy - we've complied a database of each the eligible suppliers here:

• 100Green (formerly Green Energy UK oregon GEUK)
• Affect Energy – spot Octopus Energy
• Boost
• British Gas
• Bulb Energy – spot Octopus Energy
• Co-op Energy - spot Octopus Energy
• E - besides known arsenic E (Gas and Electricity)
• Ecotricity
• E.ON Next
• EDF
• Good 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 your supplier is connected this list, you should get the outgo automatically if you, oregon your partner, person the Guarantee Credit information of Pension Credit - this is known arsenic “core radical one”. You, oregon your partner, request to person been claiming Pension Credit connected the qualifying date, which for this wintertime was August 11.

You should besides get the discount automatically successful England and Wales if you assertion definite benefits and person precocious vigor costs. Benefits that suffice you for the Warm Home Discount successful England and Wales are:

• Housing Benefit

• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

• Income Support

• "Savings Credit" portion of Pension Credit

• Universal Credit

You could besides suffice if your household income falls beneath a definite threshold and you get:

• Child Tax Credit

• Working Tax Credit

You tin cheque if you're eligible to person the discount utilizing the GOV.UK Warm Home Discount online tool. If you unrecorded successful Scotland and you assertion benefits, you’ll request to use for the Warm Home Discount done your supplier nether the “broader group” criteria. Your energy supplier whitethorn person other eligibility criteria, arsenic it is up to them who gets the discount successful Scotland.

If you haven't received your Warm Home Discount missive by aboriginal January, you tin telephone the Warm Home Discount helpline connected 0800 030 9322. The Warm Home Discount strategy is not disposable successful Northern Ireland.