Overview
- Participants receive five weekend sessions of free electricity in November, each lasting five hours.
- Households have roughly 48 hours to enroll, with sign-ups closing 31 October.
- Users pick one window each weekend from Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning or Sunday afternoon after receiving weekly prompts.
- The offer is open to customers of any supplier, including British Gas, OVO, Octopus, E.on and EDF, and those on demand flexibility schemes can also take part.
- Uswitch calculates usage after each session, credits the value to an in-app Earn balance and allows transfers to bank accounts after the final period, with the scheme presented as relief before a price cap rise and as a way to ease grid strain.