Warm Home Discount Scheme - Broader Group - Scotland
The Warm Home Discount Scheme is a one–off payment of £150 for electricity consumers to deliver support to persons on low–income and who are vulnerable to cold–related illness or living wholly or mainly in fuel poverty.
If you are eligible for the Guarantee credit component of Pension Credit on the qualifying date of 11th August 2024, you will be automatically eligible for the Warm Home Discount – Core Group 1 rebate and you won’t need to apply.
To receive the Warm Home Discount – Broader Group rebate, you must apply by 28th February 2025. This should only be if you do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount – Core Group 1 rebate.
Check to see if you are eligible and apply today!
Warm Home Discount Scheme - Broader Group
This application form is for customers living in Scotland only.
Please fill this form as accurately as possible.
All fields marked with * must be filled out.
YOUR ELIGIBILITY
Please choose one of the following that apply to you or a named Home Energy Electricity/Dual Fuel account holder who lives with you.
Please choose one of the following that apply to you or a named Home Energy Electricity/Dual Fuel account holder who lives with you.
Please choose one of the following that apply to you or a named Home Energy Electricity/Dual Fuel account holder who lives with you.
Terms and Conditions
- As part of The Warm Home Discount – Broader Group for Scotland (hereinafter referred as ‘the Scheme’) we will provide a £150 (including VAT) rebate on the energy bill of eligible households in Scotland. The rebate will be applied by way of a credit to the energy account.
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The Scheme is open to households if:
- Your eligible household is in Scotland and takes its current domestic electricity supply from us and continues to do so until the rebate has been paid.
- You or any other named individual, are the Home Energy (HE) electricity account/dual fuel account holders living at the property and meet the Qualification Criteria as set forth in the Application Form.
- If you are an individual in an eligible household, you may make an application to receive a rebate under the Scheme if you, or any other named individual, are the Home Energy electricity account/dual fuel account holder and currently receive at least one of the seven benefit combinations, listed on the Application Form.
- Only one application for a rebate may be made per eligible household.
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We reserve the right to close the application process earlier of:
- The provision of a rebate to the first 9 eligible households whose applications we receive during the period from 15th August 2024 until 31st March 2025.
- 28th February 2024, or any such earlier time that we may deem to be appropriate.
- We reserve the right to modify any of these terms and conditions during the course of the Scheme year (15th August 2024 to 31st March 2025).
- You agree to provide us with documentary evidence from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to show that you fulfil the eligibility criteria. Any such documentatary evidence must be dated no earlier than 1st April 2024.
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You acknowledge and agree that in order for us to check you eligibility for the Scheme that:
- We may ask DWP for the information required to check or confirm your eligibility and/or
- DWP may share this information with us.
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For us to confirm that you meet the eligibility criteria or are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefit combinations listed on the Application Form, you acknowledge and agree to:
- Grant us permission to disclose your information to us. You also agree that we may contact you to provide your documentary evidence or information for verification purposes, and you agree to sharing your information with us for processing your data for the purposes of this Scheme, including without limitation, verification.
- You acknowledge that we may use the information you provided to us to process your application and provide you with the rebate.
- You acknowledge and agree that we may store your information until the 31st December 2027 or otherwise required by law or any regulatory requirement.
- In these terms and conditions ‘we, us, our and Home Energy’ means Home Energy Trading Ltd. (Registered Company number: 10364306) and ‘you/your’ means the person making an application under this Scheme.
- You agree to these terms and conditions by submitting an application.
The statement below needs to be read by and agreed with the person in receipt of the qualifying benefits:
** Household income includes War Disablement Pension, Disablement Allowance and Working Tax Credit, and is before Tax and National Insurance are deducted (Gross Income).
Household Income excludes Council Tax Benefit, Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or PiP, Child Benefit or Child Tax Credit.
The Warm Home Discount Scheme – Broader Group
Thank you for submitting your application, a member of our team will be in touch to discuss if required.
The Warm Home Discount Scheme – Broader Group
Please note that we have already received a form. We will be unable to accept further submissions to prevent duplication.