31 July 2013 Last updated at 16:48 ET
Earlier, British Gas warned that fuel bills could go up again this winter
British Gas has said it is planning to offer free power at weekends to some of its customers.
The idea is to encourage consumers to use more of their electricity at the weekend when there is less demand from businesses, according to the BBC's industry correspondent John Moylan .
The scheme would be available to its one million UK customers who have smart meters.
British Gas is understood to have already started piloting the scheme.
The parent company, Centrica, already offers the scheme - called Free Power Saturday - in its Direct Energy operations in Texas and the north-east of the United States.
Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23526389#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
