The energy regulator says it has secured £4.6m in fines from three energy companies for failing to meet obligations to low-income households.
Ofgem said Scottish Power would pay £2.4m missing targets under the government's Community Energy Saving Programme while SSE would pay £1.75m and GDF Suez £450,000.
The programme was set up by the government to help people living in low-income areas with loft and wall insulation and new boilers.
The regulator said the failure by the companies to meet the targets meant thousands of households faced higher heating bills as they "missed out on measures like insulation during the early months of 2013, where consumers experienced a particularly cold winter."
It said the companies would have received larger fines if they hadn't taken steps to make up their shortfalls.
Referring to the fine for SSE, Ofgem's senior partner in charge of enforcement, Sarah Harrison said: "Our action today is a clear signal that failure to deliver environmental obligations on time is not acceptable."
However, the fines are smaller than the £28m penalty for North Yorkshire-based Drax and £11.1m fine for British Gas handed down for similar failings earlier in the year.
Ofgem said the money will go to charities and funds that benefit vulnerable customers.
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