British Gas will be holding its first Green Flex event of the year on Thursday, March 6,, offering half price electricity between 12:30pm and 2.30pm as windy conditions have resulted in more renewable energy being available.
PeakSave Green Flex events allow customers to benefit from half-price electricity during the two-hour window decided by the energy provider, based on when it is very sunny or windy and there is lots of renewable energy available. Customers have been emailed to opt-in to take part.
Green Flex events are in addition to British Gas’ usual PeakSave Sunday scheme, which offers half-price electricity on Sunday between 11am and 4pm, meaning thousands of customers can get things done around the house whilst benefitting from half-price electricity. There is no obligation to change your normal routine, although the more you can shift regular activities such as washing, cleaning or cooking, the more you could save on your energy bills. Popular Sunday activities people could shift to the PeakSave window include cooking a Sunday roast, completing household chores such as washing clothes and hoovering and catching up on television programmes.
British Gas uses its own forecasting to set the events to test the potential savings and impact on the grid with this scheme. The discount is available to new and existing PeakSave customers, and all savings will appear as a credit on customers’ energy bills.
All PeakSave customers will continue to get half-price electricity every Sunday without needing to opt in. PeakSave was launched to reward customers for better energy usage, supporting a greener energy supply. So far, British Gas has paid over £20 million to over 800,000 customers taking part in the scheme.
British Gas customers can book their free smart meter with half hourly data and take part here: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/peak-save.html