Power Saver is our new service that rewards you for shifting your electricity use to times when there’s less demand on the grid or when there’s more renewable energy available. 

Once you’ve signed up to become a Power Saver, you’ll automatically be able to take part in our events, including Half-Price Weekends and Power Saver Plus (as soon as we’ve launched it).

For Half-Price Weekends, you can enjoy half-price on your electricity unit rate¹ every Saturday and Sunday between 11am and 4pm. Once we’ve launched Power Saver Plus, we’ll notify you when demand on the grid is high or low and ask you to shift your energy use.

To become a Power Saver, you need to be a ScottishPower electricity customer,  have a communicating smart meter and consent to sharing half-hourly readings with us. If you tick these boxes, simply join Power Saver today.

Please note that the service is not yet available to customers with a prepayment meter. Selected products, such as EV Optimise and our Heat Pump Saver tariff are currently excluded.

Please visit our troubleshooting guide in our Support Centre. This also contains more detailed information about how Power Saver works and how you can make savings.

We rely on half-hourly smart meter data to calculate your energy use during a Power Saver event and work out your savings. It’s also important your smart meter communicates with us regularly so we can provide you with accurate bills. It may be that your meter doesn’t currently provide the level of readings we need in order for you take part in events. Be assured, we are constantly monitoring this and working hard to resolve any issues that may arise.

If you’re eligible for Power Saver, you can sign up to a half-hourly meter reading frequency as part of the registration process. Alternatively, you can change your meter reading frequency to half-hourly in your online account – simply visit ‘Your smart meter preferences’ here.

Simply sign up and we’ll be in touch by email within 7 days to let you know when everything’s set up for you.

They will take place on Saturdays and Sundays between 11am and 4pm.

Your smart meter will tell us how much energy you have used during an event. We’ll then calculate your energy use for each event and the results will show as ‘Power Saver Credit’ on your bill.

After each event, we’ll calculate the credit you have earned. Your credit will show as ’Power Saver Credit’ on your bill.

Yes, you will be rewarded for every kWh of electricity you use during our off-peak times. You’ll be charged for your electricity as normal, but then we’ll credit your bill to ensure you only pay half-price on your unit rate¹. You will not be rewarded for using more gas.

It may be that your smart meter stopped communicating for a day. If this happens, you will not receive any energy credit for that day but will still be able to take part in future Power Saver events. However, if your smart meter experiences connection issues over a longer period, we may deem your smart meter as non-communicating, which means you may no longer be eligible to take part in Power Saver events.

Save money: Any electricity you use on Saturdays and Sundays between 11am and 4pm will be half price¹. You’ll be charged for your electricity as normal, but then we’ll credit your bill to ensure you only pay half-price on your unit rate¹.

Do your bit for the environment: Using renewable energy sources is greener than using fossil fuels. But at peak times, there’s not always enough renewable energy to meet the high demand for electricity on the grid. So, by shifting some of your energy use away from peak times, you’ll be doing your bit to lessen the demand for fossil fuel use.