A major energy supplier is giving customers the chance to get free electricity to customers throughout April through its popular energy saver challenge.
EDF’s “Sunday Saver” challenge allows eligible customers to earn free electricity on Sundays by shifting their electricity use away from weekday peak hours of 4pm to 7pm. The more electricity you shift, the more free electricity you can earn the following Sunday, with between four and 16 hours on offer.
EDF says a 5% reduction in peak consumption would earn four hours of free electricity, a 20% reduction is eight hours, a 35% reduction is 12 hours, and those cutting their usage by 50% can earn the maximum amount of 16 hours of free electricity on Sundays.
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According to the energy provider, since the launch of the initiative over six million free hours of electricity, worth over £1.4million. Ways customers can shift their electricity usage away from peak times during the week include:
Registration is now open for customers who want to take part. It will close on Sunday, April 6, at 11:59 p.m., ahead of the challenge starting on Monday, April 7. However, it’s important to note that you can only join in if you have a working smart meter and have opted for half-hourly meter readings.
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Customers will be able to use their earned free electricity on Sundays, April 20 and 27, and May 4 and 11. They can find out more about the Sunday Saver challenge on EDF’s website and sign up for it through the “MyAccount” option.
Customers can also access a personalised view of their households’ energy use on Energy Hub through MyAccount, which could help people see how they could cut costs when joining an energy-saving session.
Rich Hughes, Director of Retail at EDF said: “With the new price cap level coming into effect, seeing the average annual energy bill rising by 6%, we are providing great value with our fixed tariffs, and we are the only energy company offering four Sundays of free electricity over the next month. It’s great to see that so many customers are benefitting from the initiative and we’re excited to give more customers the opportunity to do the things they love on a Sunday.”
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