The scheme encourages EDF customers to shift some of their electricity use away from weekday peak hours – typically between 4pm and 7pm – in return for free hours
EDF is bringing back a popular scheme that allows customers to earn free electricity.
The energy firm has announced the return of its “Sunday Saver” challenge for March. The scheme encourages EDF customers to shift some of their electricity use away from weekday peak hours – typically between 4pm and 7pm – in return for free hours of electricity the following Sunday.
You can earn up to 16 hours of free electricity each week, depending on your energy consumption and how much electricity you shift during the challenge. A 5% reduction in peak consumption would earn four hours of free electricity, a 20% reduction earns eight hours, 35% earns twelve hours, and using 50% less earns 16 hours of free electricity.
EDF customers have to manually sign up for “Sunday Saver” through their online account, where they will also be able to track their earned hours and see how much credit they have accumulated. Registration will close at 11.59pm on March 2, ahead of the challenge starting on March 3.
To take part, customers must have a working smart meter for their electricity supply and be opted into half-hourly meter reads. Rich Hughes, Director of Retail at EDF said: “With energy prices rising, we know many household budgets are stretched, which is why we want to help more people still do the things they love on a Sunday for free, saving them cash on their bills and helping them to reduce their carbon footprint.”
It comes after Ofgem announced energy bills are rising again, with the price cap is rising by 6.4% from April. The typical dual fuel household paying by direct debit will see their annual energy bill increase from £1,738 a year to £1,849 – a rise of £111 a year, or £9.25 a month.
Despite what its name suggests, the Ofgem price cap does not put a limit on how much you can pay for energy – instead, it sets the maximum unit price you can be charged for gas and electricity, as well as the maximum daily standing charge, which is a fixed fee that you pay to be connected to the grid.
This means your bill is still based on the amount of energy you use, and it can be higher or lower than what we’ve mentioned above. These headline price cap figures represent what the average billpayer can expect to pay, based on how much energy Ofgem estimates that the average household uses.
