British Gas is to offer free electricity for eight hours at weekends to two million customers who have smart meters installed.
Customers will be able to choose to use the free power either on Saturday or Sunday, between 9am and 5pm. British Gas said consumers should see savings of about £60 a year. But experts said it will not necessarily be the cheapest deal on the market, and advised people to shop around with other suppliers. Most of British Gas's 11 million customers will not be eligible immediately, as only 2.4 million of these currently have smart meters. For the first time, smart meters enable energy firms to work out the time of day when people are using power....Soruce: here