Millions of households across the country are being offered extra money to use less energy at peak times during the winter period.
The new scheme is being rolled out by the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) after a successful trial was carried out with Octopus Energy customers. Families will be paid for changing the time they use energy-hungry appliances such as ovens and washing machines, the Mirror reports.
Usually, an average household will pay 28.34p for each kilowatt-hour of electricity they use. But now, they could be paid as much as £6 for each kilowatt-hour they avoid using such appliances at peak times, according to The Times newspaper.
