Stack grants and savings worth £150-£300 a year

The Warm Home Discount is currently £150 off your electricity bill, applied as a one-off rebate between October and March. Pensioners on Pension Credit Guarantee usually receive it automatically; everyone else applies through their supplier. Full eligibility breakdown in our Warm Home Discount guide.

Most people receive the Winter Fuel Payment automatically if they already get a State Pension or another qualifying benefit. You only need to claim manually if you have never received it before and live abroad some of the year. See our Winter Fuel Payment guide for the exact application route.

A Cold Weather Payment is triggered when the temperature in your postcode area is 0°C or below for seven consecutive days. You must already receive a qualifying benefit (Pension Credit, Income Support, Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance) — the payment of £25 per spell is automatic.

ECO funds insulation, draught-proofing, boiler upgrades and double glazing for low-income and vulnerable households. Larger suppliers are legally required to deliver a fixed amount of these works each year — most run their own ECO application portal. See the ECO guide for the full list.

No — the Green Homes Grant closed to new applications in 2021. Its successors include the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (heat pumps), the Home Upgrade Grant (off-gas homes) and ECO4. Our Green Homes Grant guide covers what it funded and where to get similar support today.

Every UK electricity supplier with 150,000+ customers must offer at least one SEG tariff. Rates vary widely — from 1 p / kWh to over 15 p / kWh — so it pays to shop around. Full export-rate comparison in the SEG guide.

The Priority Services Register (PSR) is a free register kept by every UK energy supplier and network operator. It flags households that need extra help during outages, switches and meter issues — including pensioners, people with chronic illnesses, parents of newborns and anyone reliant on powered medical equipment. Sign-up takes five minutes — see the PSR guide.