EDF offering 6 hours of free electricity to customers on Saturday | Personal Finance | Finance
Thousands of EDF customers will be able to use electricity for free for six hours today (Saturday, July 4). Households signed up to EDF‘s FreePhase time-of-use tariffs will receive free electricity between 10am and 4pm today when there is expected to be an excess of renewable energy generation and lower demand on the national grid.
All FreePhase customers get access to free electricity when there’s an excess of renewable generation and electricity demand is low with 28 free hours delivered to customers in June. The offer is available to customers on both the FreePhase Dynamic and FreePhase Static tariffs and gives households the chance to run appliances, charge electric vehicles and power their homes without paying for the electricity they use during the six-hour window.
The initiative is designed to help customers take advantage of periods when renewable electricity generation is high, while also encouraging consumers to shift their energy use away from peak demand times.
The supplier’s FreePhase tariff uses a three-band pricing system rather than constantly changing prices throughout the day.
The three pricing bands are:
- Green (11pm to 6am): Super off-peak
- Amber (6am to 4pm and 7pm to 11pm): Off-peak
- Red (4pm to 7pm): Peak
Customers can choose between FreePhase Dynamic, where the three rates change daily in line with wholesale electricity prices, or FreePhase Static, where the rates remain fixed for 12 months.
The company said customers on its FreePhase Dynamic tariff saved an average of £112 during the first three months of 2026 compared with the Standard Variable Tariff, while off-peak electricity is on average 28% cheaper and overnight rates are around 40% lower.
Callum Morgan, Product Design Expert for Smart Tariffs said: “FreePhase is our innovative new tariff shaking up how our customers think about their energy usage and put savings in their control!
“Tomorrow we’re giving six hours of free electricity, showing how customers can directly benefit from changing wholesale prices, and by shifting more electricity out of the peak, they can save even more.
“As the old, fixed energy system gives way to cleaner, more flexible electricity, FreePhase is giving households access to cheaper off-peak prices, helping them make the most of their supply when it matters.”
