Warm Home Discount - Switching Supplier

Vividclara

Hello All. 

I have applied for and been approved to recieve the warm home discount. This has not credited my energy account yet. 

I'm moving home next week and my current supplier would need to move me from a standard to a fixed tariff (which will work out a lot more expensive for me) I may need to switch supplier at my new house but what will happen to my warm home discount? 

Any thoughts or advice gratefully recieved  

Thank you 
Clara

worrywart_3

I would imagine you would lose it and have to reapply with the new supplier which may have closed the scheme. That’s the normal rules who is your current supplier? I would ring them and explain they may be able to pay It soon. 

worrywart_3

As regards to your new home just stay on the deemed tarrif where you will be protected by the cap. 

PennineAcute

If your WHD is paid because you are in the Broader Group, then if you leave before you receive payment, you will lose your WHD.

worrywart_3

PennineAcute said:

If your WHD is paid because you are in the Broader Group, then if you leave before you receive payment, you will lose your WHD.

If she wasn’t she wouldn’t have had to apply those on pension credit get it automatically. 

Vividclara

Thank you worrywart_3 and PennineAcute for your replies 

PennineAcute

worrywart_3 said:

PennineAcute said:

If your WHD is paid because you are in the Broader Group, then if you leave before you receive payment, you will lose your WHD.

If she wasn’t she wouldn’t have had to apply those on pension credit get it automatically. 

And writing as I did also helps other people - who may not know there is more than one group.

Fred2712

Best bet would be staying with the supplier who you have applied for the WHD, you shouldn’t have to be a fixed tariff though.