How can I apply for the Warm Home Discount?

What is the Warm Home Discount (WHD)?

The Warm Home Discount scheme is a one-off £150 discount off your electricity bill. If you’re eligible, your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill. The money is not paid to you.

You’ll usually get the discount automatically if you’re eligible. You only need to apply if you’re on a low income in Scotland - contact your energy supplier to apply. If you’re with OVO, you can do that through this form.

You may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead if your supplier provides you with both gas and electricity and you’re eligible. Contact your supplier to find out.
 

If you need some assistance completing the WHD application when it, please contact our support team. 

How to get the discount

You’ll get a letter between late October 2025 and early January 2026 if:

• you’re eligible for the scheme
• you might be eligible for the scheme, but you need to give more information

Contact the Warm Home Discount Scheme if you do not get a letter by early January 2026.

If you live in Scotland, earn a low income and do not receive the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit then you should complete this form.

Please note, if you previously registered your interest (before 28/10/25) this did not count as completing a Warm Home Discount application.

Please do not apply via the form if you live in England or Wales, or live in Scotland and receive the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit. We’ll automatically discount your bill if you’re eligible.

If you live in Northern Ireland, find out more about the Affordable Warmth Scheme instead.

Eligibility for the Warm Home Discount
 

Following Government changes to the scheme a few years back, eligibility for the Warm Home Discount depends on where you live:

• I live in England or Wales
• I live in Scotland

If you live in England or Wales

You qualify if you either:

• get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit
• are on a low income

If you live in Scotland

You qualify if you either:

• get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit
• are on a low income in Scotland and meet your energy supplier’s criteria for the scheme