{"id":4722,"date":"2016-02-14T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/being-good-doesnt-pay-with-warm-home-discount-scheme\/"},"modified":"2016-02-14T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T08:31:58","slug":"being-good-doesnt-pay-with-warm-home-discount-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/being-good-doesnt-pay-with-warm-home-discount-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Good doesn\u2019t pay with Warm Home Discount scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI was told I could claim \u00a3140 but because I chose a green energy provider, I can\u2019tIn October last year I received a letter from the government telling me not to miss out on \u00a3140 help with my energy costs through the Warm Home Discount scheme. I qualified as I receive the guarantee credit element of pension credit. However, I have since learned that this only applied to customers of the bigger electricity suppliers.I am with Good Energy, which I chose because it supplies electricity from sustainable sources, but it is not in the scheme. So I lose out on \u00a3140. This seems grossly unfair. I have phoned Good Energy but there is nothing it can do. I also sent a message to my MP, to no avail. \u00a3140 would mean a lot. What a strange situation to be in. RS, Littleborough, Lancashire Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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