ESB Energy

ESB Energy are relatively new to the UK energy market. However, their parent company, ESB Group, are Ireland’s state energy provider. They supply most of the gas and electricity throughout Ireland and have more than 1.25 million customers. ESB Group has been trading since 1927 and currently employs around 7,870 people.

In 2017, ESB Energy started supplying energy to UK households and their parent company has heavily invested in power plants throughout Great Britain over the past 30 years.

Alongside conventional power stations, the company also has 18 wind farms that supply more than 400MW of sustainable energy, in addition to 9 hydroelectric plants.

The firm’s most recent project was a renewable energy plant that generates enough green electricity to power close to 100,000 homes based in the Port of Tilbury.

ESB Energy has NOT signed up to the government’s Warm Home Discount Scheme.

The government’s Warm Home Discount Scheme gives eligible people a £140 discount on their electricity bill between October and April. You are automatically eligible for the scheme if your energy company is part of the scheme and you get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit. You may be eligible if your energy company is part of the scheme and you are on a low income or if you receive certain means-tested benefits.

For more information on the Warm Home Discount Scheme you can visit www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme/