E.ON Next Gen Home: A game-changing approach to energy costs

The Government announced in June that the Warm Home Discount for 2025-26 will benefit twice as many households as the previous year. 

According to the new rules, anyone receiving means-tested benefits will automatically have £150 discounted from their energy bill over the winter months in a bid to keep more UK families out of fuel poverty. 

A number of charities and energy industry stakeholders have supported the decision, and as a leading supplier committed to making energy affordable for everyone, we welcome efforts to help consumers with their bills. That's why we’re always looking for innovative new ways to keep bills down while supporting the energy transition. 

Introducing E.ON Next Gen Home 

We know that a majority of customers, regardless of their financial situation, want a simpler, greener, more affordable way to power their lives. 

That’s why E.ON Next is on a mission to transform how we power our homes with an all-inclusive, modular energy package designed to help customers of all backgrounds enjoy all the benefits of energy sustainability, including lower bills. 

E.ON Next Gen Home makes sustainable energy accessible, affordable, and incredibly straightforward by packaging all the technologies that can make a green home into one comprehensive solution. 

With just one bill, and one payment, customers can make the most of solar panels, solar batteries, heat pumps, and EV chargers all through a cutting-edge smart home energy management system. One monthly payment covers not only energy, but installation and maintenance of the equipment as well. 

By taking out the initial investment for the latest sustainable technologies, we’re making them accessible to everyone, allowing people to enjoy affordable, clean electricity from day one. 

Before a full-scale launch aimed for 2026, we’re starting a trial with 20 UK homes this summer, making the case for Energy as a Service, and making sure the full product is as impactful as possible for customer’s pockets and the country’s net zero goals. 

E.ON Next Gen Home is a leap forward for fair, flexible energy, and we’re proud to offer it as the latest in a line of innovative new solutions. 

Pressing forward with batteries in Coventry 

Another project we’re always excited about, which in some ways cleared the path for E.ON Next Gen Home, is our award-winning pilot programme in Coventry putting batteries in people’s homes at no upfront cost. 

A standard domestic battery costs roughly £3,000 to install and comes with an expected lifespan of around 20 years, during which it could save the average UK household up to £6,000 by allowing them to participate more flexibly in the energy market. This not only means that each battery has the long-term potential to pay for itself, but the savings could actually provide more financial relief to vulnerable households than a scheme like the Warm Home Discount. 

At first glance, offering energy efficiency upgrades to consumers who couldn’t usually afford them might seem like a generous thing to do, but not necessarily a financially sustainable one. In fact, it’s both. 

By thinking outside the box to develop new technology-driven solutions for supporting financially vulnerable customers, we’re not only helping people who need it, we’re innovating new ways for the Government and other energy consumers to save money, supporting more of the demand-side flexibility the UK needs to meet plans for Clean Power 2030, and making new energy work for everyone. 

To find out more about E.ON Next Gen Home, go here. 

And here to learn about our ongoing work in Coventry.