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British Gas, Octopus Energy & E.On to give Brits £100 to reduce electricity use
British Gas, Octopus Energy & E.On to give Brits £100 to reduce electricity use,Customers will be paid up to £100 to not use electricity which should help avoid blackouts this winter. A number of energy companies are said to offer the amount to people

British Gas, Octopus Energy & E.On to give Brits £100 to reduce electricity use

Octopus Energy, OVO Energy, British Gas and E.On are set to pay customers up to £100 to not use electricity.

The scheme is designed to encourage people to switch their electricity which aims to avoid blackouts this winter.

Most use electricity at similar times with a spike in the evening when people get back from work and start cooking.

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Now several firms have either signed up to the National Grid's scheme or created their own, reports LiverpoolEcho.

A number of the biggest companies in the UK aim to pay customers to stop using their electricity as a result.

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You could get money back for not using electricity (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)