A MAJOR energy supplier is giving away four days’ worth of free electricity to thousands of customers from next week.
The offer will be available to customers on four Sundays from April 20.
These will include April 20 and 27 and May 4 and 11.
To be eligible, EDF customers need to sign up anytime from today until April 6, before the challenge begins on April 7.
The scheme is part of EDF’s Sunday Saver challenges, where customers can earn free electricity on Sundays by shifting the electricity they use during the week.
To be eligible, they simply need to move their electricity use away from the weekday peak hours of 4pm to 7pm.
The more electricity customers shift away from these hours, the more free electricity they can earn, with between four and 16 hours on offer.
This will be added as credit to their account.
For example, if you shift 50% of your peak usage, you can earn up to 16 free hours to use the following Sunday.
You could do this by not running your dishwasher or washing machine during these hours, for instance.
You could also batch cook food at the weekend and then reheat it during the week.
To join, visit the Energy Hub in your MyAccount monthly and sign up for the challenge.
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Adjusting your meter settings is quick and easy – simply log in to your EDF MyAccount at edfenergy.com/myaccount/login.
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You can keep track of how much free electricity you have earned each week in the Energy Hub and see which Sunday you can use it.
More than 91,000 EDF customers took part in the March savings challenge.
They earned more than 1,000,000 free hours between them, saving a total of over £200,000 on their bills.
EDF is not the only energy supplier to offer you free electricity sessions.
E.ON Next
E.ON Next is giving new and existing customers free electricity on every bank holiday until March 2026.
The next bank holiday falls on Good Friday – April 18 – which will be followed by Easter Monday on April 21 and then the Early May bank holiday on May 5.
In total, there will be eight bank holidays in the next year.
E.ON Next has said its offer could save households £3.50 on every bank holiday – which would save you £28 over the course of a year.
To be eligible you need to be signed up to the supplier’s Pledge tariff.
The tariff is fixed for a year and offers rates that track below the Ofgem price cap, which will rise to £1,849 a year for the average household from tomorrow.
Ovo Energy
Ovo Energy offers customers the chance to win free energy if they reduce their consumption during peak times.
The Power Move offer gives customers the chance to win up to £2,000 of free energy if they use 85% or more of their energy at off-peak times.
For every month a customer’s peak energy usage is less than 15% they are entered into a prize draw.
Five customers win the top prize of £2,000 worth of energy to use over one year, with 200 winning £50 prizes and 22,850 receiving £2 of free energy.
To sign up visit ovoenergy.com/power-move.
Scottish Power
Scottish Power’s Power Saver scheme gives customers the chance to access half-price electricity between 11am and 4pm every Saturday and Sunday.
Customers need to register to become a Power Saver to have half of the cost of the energy they used during these hours refunded.
The supplier will also occasionally launch an ad-hoc Power Saver events during the week.
You need to have a smart meter to register to become a Power Saver.
To sign up visit: https://thesun-develop.gtabloiddev.dowjones.io/money/34153389/major-supplier-free-electricity-april-claim-save-money/.
Octopus Energy
Octopus Energy customers who sign up for “Octoplus” can take part in free electricity sessions when the wholesale price falls below zero.
The sessions last an hour and customers can use electricity and receive credits for using more than they typically would.
All customers with a smart meter, including smart prepayment meters, receive an alert the day before each session.
When the session begins they can increase their energy usage, for example by charging gadgets and running their washing machine.
Any extra electricity used beyond their normal usage will be credited back to their account.
Energy bill increases
The average dual fuel energy bill for those on a variable tariff is set to rise from its current level of £1,738 a year to £1,849.
This is a 6.4% increase and will add £111 a year to household bills.
The increase will impact 22 million households in England, Scotland and Wales who are not on a fixed energy tariff.
The increase comes amid what’s being dubbed “awful April” as consumers will see their water, council tax and car tax bills increase.
But if you are struggling with costs then you can take action as you could be missing out on free boilers and energy bill discounts.
It is important to take a meter reading this week as energy bills are set to rise tomorrow.
We have rounded up the exact date by which you need to submit a reading to your energy supplier.