British Gas is extending its PeakSave Sundays offer of half price electricity for another 14 weeks.
Over 200,000 Britons could get 50 percent off their energy with British Gas between 11am and 4pm every Sunday until the end of the year.
The discount is available to new and existing PeakSave customers, and all savings will appear as a credit on customers’ energy bills.
Initially, the scheme ran every Sunday from June 25 to September 24, but the provider has extending this until December 31 to help households grapple with the cost of living.
So far, British Gas has paid almost £1.3 million to over 250,000 customers taking part in the Sunday scheme and moving their activities to non-peak time.
With Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve falling on a Sunday this year, there will be plenty of opportunities for people to make energy savings when preparing for celebrations.
With the return of Sunday Roast season and more people spending weekends at home over the winter, savings for a household across the winter could include:
Household activity Savings – 14 Sundays
- Watching television – £1.27
- Drinking x10 cups of tea/coffee – £0.99
- Two hours using electric oven – £8.90
- One hour using electric hob – £4.24
- One hour spent vacuuming – £2.97
- One hour using washing machine – £4.52
- One hour using tumble dryer – £5.37
- Two hours playing video games – £0.99
Total – £29.25
Customers will be rewarded with 50 percent off all electricity between 11am and 4pm every Sunday until December 31.
There is no obligation to shift your normal activities on the scheme, but households can save more by doing more energy intensive tasks on a Sunday.
PeakSave Sundays was launched to reward customers for better energy usage, supporting a greener energy supply. Typically, there is a greater amount of renewables available in the UK’s energy system on a Sunday because of lower demand from business and industry, which reduces the requirement for energy generated by fossil fuels.
British Gas will also offer customers PeakSave Winter by taking part in the ESO Demand Flexibility Service. Last winter, British Gas customers received a combined total of more than £1.8m so there are even more ways for customers to save again this winter.
Catherine O’Kelly, Managing Director of British Gas Energy at British Gas, said: “With people spending time at home in the run up to the festive season, there are great opportunities for our customers to save on their energy bills whilst contributing to a greener grid.
“The results from the summer have shown that half price electricity on Sunday is helping our customers save and it’s shifting usage away from peak times. We’d expect to see even more benefit in the winter months as home electricity use is generally higher.
“As the momentum of demand flexibility initiatives builds, we hope to welcome even more customers to the PeakSave scheme to help create a more sustainable energy grid.”
British Gas customers will need to get a smart meter and sign up to half hourly reads to take part: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/
