The offer is open to anyone regardless of their energy supplier, but there is one condition.
Households can use electricity for free at the peak of Christmas celebrations with this offer (Image: Getty)
As households look for ways to cut costs during the festive season, a new Christmas Day energy offer is giving families the chance to use electricity for free at the peak of celebrations. The deal is run through the Uswitch app, which offers to refund households for any electricity used between 8am and 4pm on Christmas Day, up to a value of £10.
The offer is open to anyone with a compatible smart meter, regardless of their energy supplier. To participate, customers should connect their smart meter to the free Uswitch app and sign up to Power Hours, Uswitch’s energy-saving scheme. Existing Power Hours customers can simply look out for the Christmas Day offer within the app and activate it to take part.
Households have the chance to use electricity for free at the peak of Christmas celebrations (Image: Getty)
In January, Uswitch will calculate how much electricity each household used on Christmas Day between the active hours. Customers will be told when their earnings are available to claim, and they can then be withdrawn straight from the Uswitch app into their bank account.
The Christmas Day electricity offer is designed to give households a boost during the crucial hours when the oven, fairy lights and TV are working hardest.
Households that use an electric oven for three and a half hours on Christmas Day could make back £1.84 from their cooking bill. Using a 1.4kW air fryer for two hours would earn 74p, and using an electric hob for two hours would add £1.03. Households need to sign up before December 21, but spaces are limited and could run out before then.
Natalie Mathie, energy expert at Uswitch, said: “It doesn’t matter who your energy provider is, everyone is welcome to claim back the cost of their electricity. You just need a compatible smart meter.
“We’ll pay you back for electricity used between 8am and 4pm. Hopefully, this should cover the cost of cooking your festive feast, powering all your new electronic gifts and keeping the fairy lights twinkling.
“You can withdraw the payment for your Christmas Day energy use from the Uswitch app in January, making it a nice bonus for the new year.
“Spaces are limited, so download the Uswitch app and sign up as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out on your free electricity.”
