Support to help pay for energy costs if you live in Wales

This pays £150 towards your electricity costs. This scheme is managed by energy suppliers that have chosen to take part.

To find out if you can get this, you will need to know who your electricity supplier is. If you aren’t sure, we tell you how to find out who supplies your energy here. 

If you get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you can find out if you are eligible and how you will receive this payment, here. 

If you’re on low income, visit this page to find out if you are eligible for Warm Home Discount and how to receive this payment.

This pays £100 – £300 to help with your heating bills over winter.

Important: From September 2024, if you have reached State Pension age and do not receive Pension Credit or other means-tested benefits you will no longer receive the Winter Fuel Payment from the Government. You or someone you know, could be eligible for Pension Credit. It is estimated that there are almost 1 million people who are eligible but don’t currently claim it, so we don’t want you to miss out.

Find out if you’re eligible by calling 0800 731 0469 or visiting Pension Credit: Eligibility – GOV.UK.

You’ll need to claim by 16th September to receive the Winter Fuel Payment this winter.

If you have received a Winter Fuel Payment before and receive one of the following benefits during the qualifying week, 16th – 22nd September 2024, you do not need to apply:

• Pension Credit
• Income related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Income based Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
• Income Support

If you receive Universal Credit or one of the benefits above but have never received Winter Fuel Payment before, you need to apply.

Find out how to claim by post or phone.

You can find out more about the Winter Fuel Payment and if you can get it here.

This pays you £25 if it gets freezing (0 degrees or lower) where you live for a week or more.

If you qualify, you do not normally need to apply for this. The payment goes into the same account as your other benefits.

You can find out who can get Cold Weather Payment here. 

If you are not getting Cold Weather Payments and think you should be, you can find out what to do.

The UK Government has provided funding to support people in crisis. One of the ways theDiscretionary Assistance Fund can be used is to support households who are struggling to purchase heating oil and LPG.

Apply online

The Discretionary Assistance Fund provides a grant to help pay for essential costs, such as food, gas, electricity, heating oil or emergency travel if you:

• are experiencing extreme financial hardship
• have lost your job
• have applied for benefits and are waiting for your first payment

You cannot use it to pay for ongoing bills that you cannot afford to pay.

• be in extreme financial hardship, for example you’ve lost your job, applied for benefits and waiting for your first payment and have no other means of financial support
• be experiencing an unexpected crisis has resulted in you not having money to buy food, gas and/or electricity or other essential items
• be in a crisis situation and in need of immediate financial support
• live in Wales
• be over 16 (there is no upper age limit for this grant)
• have no other money for example savings

Find out more and apply for support with your fuel costs