£250 off your fuel bills if you receive disability benefits

jumblejack

I got this through the post today in my Carers Newsletter:

"As fuel costs are continuing to rise at an alarming rate, some good news has finally been announced by both British Gas & NPower.
To qualify for up to £250 discount you must be in receipt of one of the following benefits, Attandance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance or Carers Allowance.
Other benefits may also qualify, more information on numbers below:

British Gas Essentials Tariff 0800 072 7100
NPower Spreading Warmth Tariff 0800 975 1373

Eon have a CaringEnergy scheme running which is aimed at older people and is called "Staywarm/Age Concern Tariff"
For further details call 0800 051 1480"


Hope this helps?

I am now going to price up my savings if I switch to BG or NP as Eon have no tariff for disability benefits. Will update you when I find out.

tenacioust123

I'm with NPower, just found some more information.

Who is eligible?
If you have a gross annual household income of less than £13,500 and where someone in the household meets at least one of the eligibility criteria below:

• aged over 60
• disabled
• suffers from a chronic illness
• a child under 16

Hope that helps :-)

fedupconsumer

is this in england only?

tenacioust123

If you go on the NPower website, there is a postcode checker, this will advise you if it's in your area.

RAGSTORICHES

I just rang British Gas and they do have a special Tariff as stated above, I froze my Gas and electricity some time ago which is apparently of more benefit to me than going on Tariff.The chap was really nice and said it is worth checking from time to time because if ever prices drop they would let me change to lower Tariff. He has also noted my special needs so that if ever I was without gas or electricity due to a cut or something I would get priority.He also offered to add a special password to my account so that if anyone called saying they were from B.G. they would have to give this password as well as show their I.D.So its worth a ring.

zzzLazyDaisy

BG do still have the essentials tariff, but getting any sensible information from CS is a losing battle. Also be aware that the tariff id discounted against its standard tariff, not against the online click energy 6, which is cheaper. So they are no longer allowed to call the Essentials tariff a 'social energy tariff' - which might have been what you asked for?

RAGSTORICHES

I must admit I didn't ask for Essential Tariff as I had forgotten what it was called by the time I got through. I just said that I had heard there was a different tariff for people recieving disability benefits, so perhaps try that.

zzzLazyDaisy

There has just been a 40% price rise in Click 5 - Click 6 is much cheaper - make the phone call tomorrow!

anguk

I've been on the BG Essential Tariff for about 8 months now and told my friend about it last week as her son has just been awarded DLA, she rang them and was told that they had filled their quota and she couldn't register. I don't understand why some people can sign up & some can't.

mickog

just to let peolpe know that n power have just told me that they do not take people who are DLA or MOBILITY for there discount,

hm71_2

southern electric also have such a tarriff I think there is a thread about it already.