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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

British Gas summer scheme offers half-price electricity on Sundays

A man dropping a teabag into a cup in the kitchen with the kettle and toaster in the background.
About 200,000 British Gas customers signed up to the PeakSave scheme during the winter months. Photograph: lovethephoto/Alamy

British Gas is offering its customers half-price electricity every Sunday this summer to shave millions of pounds from energy bills – but only for those willing to carefully schedule their cooking, housework and video gaming.

The UK’s biggest energy supplier said it would charge electricity use between 11am and 4pm on a Sunday at half the usual rate from this Sunday until 24 September for all customers who sign up to its PeakSave scheme.

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