Cut your energy costs

Save money on your energy bills and make your home more energy efficient.

Guide Navigation

Skip Guide Navigation

Save money on your energy bills

Request energy advice and funding

Heat Essex, a partnership between Essex County Council and Happy Energy Solutions Ltd offers energy advice, support and funding, including the Energy Company Obligation Scheme.

Apply for support on the Heat Essex website or telephone: 01206 326808

Switch Together Essex

Switch Together is a group buying scheme that helps homeowners switch from traditional boilers to modern, energy-efficient heat pumps. By pooling together interested homeowners, the scheme allows installers to offer competitive bids, saving you time, effort, and money. 

Benefits of switch together

This scheme provides:

  • high quality installations from vetted and trusted providers
  • cost savings - group-buying means better prices than booking individually
  • environmentally friendly energy - heat pumps use electricity efficiently and have a lower carbon footprint than fossil fuel systems
  • personalised offers - you receive a free, no-obligation personal offer tailored to your home

Who can apply

You must live in Essex and own your home.

How to apply

Registration opens on 8 September 2025. You will be able to apply online from this date.

Essex Energy Switch

The Essex Energy Switch is a scheme to help residents get a better deal on their gas and electricity. It is free to register and there is no obligation to switch. 

Register online or call 0800 048 8439 to register and receive correspondence by post. Lines are open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5.30pm. You will need a recent energy bill to to sign up.

Solar Together Essex

Solar Together Essex is a group-buying scheme that enables Essex residents and businesses to install solar panels at an affordable price. The scheme provides a straightforward and safe way for you to generate your own energy and save money on future energy bills.

Register for Solar Together Essex today and help reduce carbon emissions in your local area.

Save more money on your energy bill

Visit Energy Saving Trust to find out how you can save even more money on your energy bills.

The Jaywick and District Energy Hub

The Energy Hub is here to help citizens of Jaywick Sands and surrounding areas get support for a range of services relating to energy including: 

  • Applications for government grants to improve the energy efficiency of their home, including the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4Flex), the Warm Homes Local Grant (WHLG) and the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS)
  • Improving an owned or rented property’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)
  • Home energy visits
  • Benefit checks
  • Food and fuel vouchers
  • Energy advice
  • Reducing bills 

The Hub aims to help residents save energy and money on their energy bills. 

The Energy Hub is operated in partnership with Tendring District Council and Citizens Advice Tendring. 

Opening hours from 28 August 2024: Wednesday and Thursday, 1pm to 4pm

Address: Unit 2, The Enterprise Centre, Lotus Way, Jaywick Sands, Clacton on Sea, Essex, CO15 2LU