£140 Government Warm Home Discount on your electricity bill

You may be eligible for a £140 discount on your electricity bill with the UK Government's £140 Warm Home Discount.

It isn't cash, it's sent direct to your electricity supplier.

You can see if you can get the deal by going on the Gov.UK website in the link.

You quality for the Warm Home Discount if you matched the following criteria:

You qualify for the discount if on 10 July 2016 all of the following applied:

your electricity supplier was part of the scheme

your name (or your partner’s) was on the bill

you were getting the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit (even if you get Savings Credit as well)

These electricity suppliers are part of the Warm Home Discount:

Atlantic

Bristol Energy

British Gas

Co-operative energy

EDF Energy

E.ON

Equipower (Ebico)

Equigas (Ebico)

Extra Energy

First Utility

GB Energy

Manweb - see ScottishPower

M&S Energy

npower

Our Power

OVO

Sainsbury’s Energy - see British Gas

Scottish Gas - see British Gas

Scottish Hydro - see SSE

ScottishPower

Southern Electric - see SSE

SSE

SWALEC - see SSE

Utilita

Utility Warehouse

If you're eligible for the Government Warm Home Discount, you can claim by doing the following.

First, if you're eligible, the Government says it will send you a letter by 16th December.

If you don't get a letter from the Government, you can get in touch with the Warm Home Discount Team if you think you qualify:

Warm Home Discount Scheme

Telephone: 0345 603 9439

Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Warm Home Discount Team

2.1.P

Peel Park

Brunel Way

Blackpool

FY4 5ES

I hope this helps some people this winter.