Free electricity today and this week

Every UK household free or cheap electricity event we can verify, across all schemes. Last checked 2026-10-14. Times are UK time.

Saturday, 17 October 2026, Slot you book on your dashboard (bookings open towards the end of the week)
Octopus Weekend Happy Hours: one free hour, booked by you
Octopus EnergyRecurring, added manually
Who: Octoplus members who succeeded in two Power Down sessions
Source: octopus.energy (added 2026-10-14) · scheme details
Sunday, 18 October 2026, 11am to 4pm (PeakSave Sundays) or 9am to 5pm (Super Sunday)
British Gas PeakSave Sundays: half-price electricity
British GasRecurring, added manually
Who: British Gas customers on a PeakSave tariff
Source: www.moneysavingexpert.com (added 2026-10-14) · scheme details
Sunday, 18 October 2026, Slot you book on your dashboard (bookings open towards the end of the week)
Octopus Weekend Happy Hours: one free hour, booked by you
Octopus EnergyRecurring, added manually
Who: Octoplus members who succeeded in two Power Down sessions
Source: octopus.energy (added 2026-10-14) · scheme details

Short-notice events (Octopus Power Up, PeakSave Green Flex, E.ON Next PowerUp, EDF FreePhase, DFS sessions) are usually announced the day before or on the day by email or app, and only to members. We list them once a public, verifiable source exists. No such one-off event for this week was publicly verifiable on 2026-10-14.

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Recent Octopus free electricity events

From the community octoevents feed. Octopus replaced Free Electricity sessions with opt-in Power Up sessions in 2026; the feed has no events after the dates below.