EDF is giving customers four hours of free energy on Valentine’s Day. Households that are signed up to the Sunday Saver scheme will get free electricity between 7pm and 11pm on February 14. The free will be credited to your account around two weeks later. Sunday Saver gives allows customers to earn free electricity on Sundays by shifting their electricity use away from weekday peak hours, which are typically between 4pm to 7pm.
EDF gave away eight hours of free electricity - worth £200,000 - on Christmas Day to those who signed up to its December Sunday Saver challenge. To take part in the Valentine's Day event, you have to be signed up by February 13. You can sign up to the Sunday Saver scheme through the EDF website. To take part, you must have a working smart meter and be opted into half-hourly meter reads. Sunday Savers earned an average of 26 hours of free electricity across December, with the top 20% of participants earning 50 free hours.
Rich Hughes, Director of Retail at EDF, said: "We are thrilled to offer this special Valentine’s Day gift to our customers. Our free electricity offer over Christmas was a great success, so we’re pleased to be able to offer another free electricity day to our customers to help them save energy on their bills whilst celebrating time with their loved ones. “Our next Sunday Saver event will be better than ever, and we hope more customers will join and benefit from up to 16 hours of free electricity each week if they can reduce their usage during weekday peak hours.”.
It comes Ofgem price cap is currently set at £1,738 a year for someone with typical energy use who pays by direct debit - and the latest predictions point to another increase from this April. An announcement is expected from Ofgem on February 25. Energy analysts at Cornwall Insight currently predict the Ofgem price cap will rise to £1,785 a year from April, an increase of nearly 3%. It would mark the third consecutive energy bill increase, after the Ofgem price cap rose to £1,717 a year in October 2024, then to £1,738 in January 2025.
But despite what its name suggests, the price cap does not actually limit how much you can pay for energy. What it does, is sets a cap on the unit rates you can be charged for gas and electricity, as well as the standing charges. This means if you use more energy, you'll pay more - or use less energy, and your bill will be less. Get our money-saving tips and top offers direct to your inbox with the Mirror Money newsletter.
