warm home discount scheme

kofi100

:mad: hiya just found out about this scheme been with edf 2 years and when i joined i filled in a vunerable person booklet to say i was disbled so they knew , so do you not think they should of mentioned this to me ?? so i just rang up was on hols 25 minutes and she said she would email the warm home section and get them to contact me regarding why i didnt get this allowance ,,,which i wouldnt of know about but for this site just read an old bill and im on a "saver v7 tarrif "?? what ever that is ??:o

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kofi100 wrote: »

:mad: hiya just found out about this scheme been with edf 2 years and when i joined i filled in a vunerable person booklet to say i was disbled so they knew , so do you not think they should of mentioned this to me ?? so i just rang up was on hols 25 minutes and she said she would email the warm home section and get them to contact me regarding why i didnt get this allowance ,,,which i wouldnt of know about but for this site just read an old bill and im on a "saver v7 tarrif "?? what ever that is ??:o

it wasnt widely advertised or known about although i first read about it elsewhere on mse,only those on pension credits got the discount automatically other qualifying benefits had to apply and have to do so each year

kk21

I looked into this scheme for my 84 year mother. She is with Scottish Hydro which is part of Scottish and Southern Electric. Initially when I phoned them last October I thought that the £120 payment was in addition to the social tariff she was on. Big mistake. I was told that she could not apply as she was on their Energy Care Plus tariff, but they were ending these tariffs and she would then be able to apply.
I was astonished to find that her off-peak tariff would increase by 47% and the peak tariff by 60% along with an increase in the daily charge. This means an extra £700 a year.
This is outrageous. I have the feeling that because a lot of the people benefiting from the social tariffs were/ are in vulnerable groups this is not being highlighted.

misslj_2

Hiya,
Im disabled and have received the £120 a year for 2 years now, But being 30 this month do I still qualify??
Im also looking around at Tariffs, Currently with Southern Electric, But considering a move to Scottish as it can save 300+ a year x

Any help much appreciated.

tanyamumof3

i re-applied today on the e-on website and i fit the criteria as got it in march. abit silly as its needed for winter :huh:

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i suppose the idea is that it helps with the winter bills,and if you are in credit after the £130 payment in march you can ask for the DD to be lowered

dylanwells

thanks for this reminder. i appreciate it

Anthorn

Got my £130 on my prepayment key this morning, 7th. October when I put a tenner on it. I thought last year's was good early in December but this year's could be some sort of record. Well done Ebico / Southern Electric.

Mine is automatic. I didn't have to claim.

carlislelass

Ours goes on next electricity bill

Zeldazog

Does anybody know what the core group was for the 2011/2012 scheme - my Mum receives Pension Credit, not the savings element, the guaranteed, or whatever it's called.

None of us knew about the scheme, and she insists she hasn't had the payment - I saw a post earlier saying that it *has* to be paid to the core group.

She's with Eon.

Can we do anything about this, does anybody know?

Now she knows, we can make sure it comes through this year, but I wonder if we can do anything about last years.

Thanks