You really could get money if you change your electricity usage.
The UK’s fourth largest energy supplier has signed up to a National Grid-led programme which could pay customers around £10 a day if they change their electricity use.
The scheme will run between November and March and a household could save around £100, according to the supplier’s calculations.If you sign up you will get a text to say that if you use less electricity between certain hours later that day you will be paid. A scheme launched by Ovo Energy works slightly differently, but it also estimates that customers will be paid around £100 over the winter if they take part.Why would my supplier pay me not to use electricity?
This could mean waiting until later in the evening to turn on the washing machine, or plugging in your electric car at 10pm.It is a little like off-peak trains. You can save money when travelling when it is not rush hour, but there is nothing stopping you traveling during the peak.No, the electricity that you use during those hours will still cost the same as at any other time – 34p per kWh – and there will be no punishment for using the same amount of power, or even more then your usual levels.
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