This deal expires on 26 July 2024 at 22:59
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Posted 3 April 2024
Extended until 26/07 - Half-price electricity every Sunday 11am to 4pm
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About this deal
British Gas has extended their PeakSave Sundays scheme until the 2024 Paris Olympics which starts on 26th July. PeakSavers can now take advantage of five hours of half-price electricity every Sunday from 11am to 4pm.
How will PeakSave Sundays work?
You'll need to sign up to PeakSave. We’ll then get in touch to let you know when you’re up and running or the next steps to get involved.
Eligibility
To be eligible to take part in the PeakSave Sundays scheme you must meetthe following conditions:
• You must be aged 18 or over.
• Be a current British Gas residential electricity supply customer (excluding landlords).
• Have a smart meter operating in credit mode which is is sending us regular meter readings. Youmust also be opted in to half-hourly meter readings.
How will PeakSave Sundays work?
You'll need to sign up to PeakSave. We’ll then get in touch to let you know when you’re up and running or the next steps to get involved.
- There will be a half-price electricity event every Sunday all the way to the Paris 2024 Games this summer.
- You don’t need to sign up to each one – once everything’s set up, we’ll let you know and we’ll automatically include you in every PeakSave Sunday.
- During the five-hour events, use as much electricity as you need.
- Your smart meter will tell us how much you used, and we'll work out your credit.
- After each event, we’ll credit half of what you spent back to your account and the payment will show up as 'PeakSave Sunday Credit' on your next bill or online statement. If you prepay for your electricity, your credit will be automatically added to your meter each month - normally within 10 working days after the month ends.
- Each month, we’ll email you a summary of how much you’ve saved.
Eligibility
To be eligible to take part in the PeakSave Sundays scheme you must meetthe following conditions:
• You must be aged 18 or over.
• Be a current British Gas residential electricity supply customer (excluding landlords).
• Have a smart meter operating in credit mode which is is sending us regular meter readings. Youmust also be opted in to half-hourly meter readings.
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sorted byI honestly don't know why anyone would remain with this atrocious company if they weren't in my situation. Due to a smart meter with a firmware fault, the only company I could get an E.V. tariff with (for a long time at least) was BG. I'm now with Octopus who are superb. But man, I think I wish I'd just moved anyway, despite the savings.
Throughout my time with BG I had horrendous C.S.. The worst part is getting through to them, whether by phone or online, the queue is often hours, no joke. Try joining their online system in the day, you'll be one of 840 (or some other preposterous figure) in line, I'm genuinely not exaggerating. My account with them was always in a perpetual state of being moved to a new system which always was a problem in the years I was with them. It meant that some details were found on one page, some on another, and when I called them, I'd often have to be transferred because the agent couldn't access my details, being as I was on the new system. I cannot express how dreadful they are to deal with, easily the worst I've had full stop.
I logged a formal complaint with them eventually over the way one of my calls was handled. It was when I was trying to setup my EV tariff, and after waiting over an hour online the chat agent told me I had to ring a particular number, which I begrudgingly did, and then after waiting 45 mins the person I spoke to said I had to do it online because my account was on a different system...ARGGHHH!!. I told the agent I refused to accept this as I had come from there, and that she must be able to help or transfer me to the right person, to which she said in a stern and uncaring tone "Nobody at British Gas can help you if you don't go online to do it", I must confess I did lose my temper somewhat at this stage and barraged the agent with how awful a company they are to deal with (no swearing or anything, just obvious anger)....I might as well I shouted at the neighbors cat for all the reaction I got...I suppose working as an agent for BG they were used to it.
This deal could be for free electricity every other day, I wouldn't go back to them. AVOID!!! (edited)
I tested tracker and Agile tariffs and in both cases paid more a month than on BG standard tariff.
Anyone saying Octopus is cheap and good are only looking for referrals and £50's into their account.
Rant over … morals aside, not taking up these offers out of principle is like standing in the way of a freight train. Thanks for sharing OP, even if I can’t stand the motives behind companies issuing these offers.
I completely agree with your sentiment towards energy companies in general, but I don't think the issue is smart meters. My issue is companies like BG, making MASSIVE, GARGANTUAN profits at a time when the public are being financially battered, while milking the consumer for all they can, and offering perhaps the worst CS I've ever experienced. They are a vile and toxic firm. I would say on the whole, Octopus give off a different vibe entirely (I know I'm starting to sound like a salesman). They're not perfect but they do seem to be innovative and have excellent CS and make the customer feel like they matter.
I think smart meters are a win-win for the most part, they offer customers insight into their usage (not if you're with BG as the web pages are so dreadful), but with Octopus I can see daily usage and even download a report with each 30min reading. If my energy usage is bothering me, I can see exactly when the most is being used, and with the in-home screen they give you, you can see usage in real-time. Smart meters also allow off peak usage for things like EV charging, and things like the clever Octopus Intelligent tariff are made possible with it. I'm okay with them.
They've lost a lot of loyal customers & have hardly ever offered anything back clearly this is there way of trying to win customers back. Who's sits at home on a Sunday? Where all up at 12mid day/1pm after a late Saturday night, go out for lunch as a family, don't finish till 2pm straight to my parents house/friends house till 6pm maybe even 7pm at times.
No offense to the OP I'm just saying Sundays most people are out and about at the pub, family or friends doing things outside regardless of the weather..
Anyway It would be stupid to keep all your dirty dishes and laundry piled up till Sunday where it's half price electrics
Apparently they have an internal problem with smets 1 meters.
I now have the delightful job of checking that they have charged me correctly taking into account the peak save rates when I charged my EV.
My leccy this weekend is going to be less than 1p KWh again and my export will be around 50KW if not more as I have solar and batteries.
29p for 36.7Kwh Octopus Agile
Approx £10 with British Gas Standard so NOT just a few pence.