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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Hilary Osborne

Warm home discount: why you must check your name is on your energy bill

Electricity and gas bills, pall-point pen and calculator on a pale green background
In England and Wales, the energy companies will automatically match people’s eligibility using their customer records from 24 August. Photograph: Rawf8/Alamy

The government is urging people who qualify for the warm home discount to check they are named on their energy bills so that this winter’s price cut can be made automatically.

The annual scheme gives households on low incomes £150 off their electricity bill, and is applied by the energy companies rather than sent out to customers. To qualify, you or your partner need to receive one of a list of benefits. These include housing benefit, income-based jobseeker’s allowance and pension credit.

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