Energy Company Obligation (ECO4)
Paid by Large energy suppliers (obligation administered by Ofgem) · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 3 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
Where this comes from
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) requires large energy suppliers to fund energy efficiency improvements such as insulation and heating upgrades in the homes of low-income and vulnerable households.
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-and-social-schemes/energy-company-obligation-eco
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.ofgem.gov.uk
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Other energy & utilities support in United Kingdom
13 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Cold Weather Payment
- Winter Heating Payment (Scotland)
- Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (Scotland)
- Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS)
- Warm Homes: Local Grant (England)
- Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS)
- Nest (Welsh Government warm homes scheme)
- Home Energy Scotland grant and loan scheme
- WaterSure scheme (water bill cap)
- WaterHelp (Thames Water social tariff)
- Big Difference Scheme (Severn Trent social tariff)
- Back on Track (United Utilities social tariff)
- Child Winter Heating Payment (Scotland)
Similar programmes
Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS)
Large energy suppliers (obligation administered by Ofgem)
Nest (Welsh Government warm homes scheme)
Welsh Government
Warm Homes: Local Grant (England)
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) / local authorities
Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (Scotland)
Social Security Scotland
Winter Fuel Payment
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Child Winter Heating Payment (Scotland)
Social Security Scotland