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EDF GoElectric

Seven-hour overnight off-peak tariff for EV users.

Tariff availability, rates and terms were checked on 22 July 2026. They are a dated snapshot, so confirm the address-specific quote before acting.

EDF GoElectric is a whole-home time-of-use import tariff aimed at homes with an EV. The off-peak rate of 6.99p per kWh runs from 11pm to 6am every night, seven hours, and it applies to everything the property draws from the grid in that window, not only the car. Electricity used at any other time is charged at a higher peak rate. It is a one-year fixed contract with a £75 exit fee, it needs a second-generation smart meter (SMETS2) sending half-hourly readings, and it works with any EV and any home charger. EDF describes it as the cheapest off-peak EV tariff on the market as of April 2026.

Rates and regional variation

The 6.99p off-peak rate does not vary by region: it is the same across postcodes in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The peak rate and the standing charge are not shown on the public page; they appear only in a personalised quote, and they vary by distribution region as they do across the UK energy market.

Component Rate
Off-peak unit rate (11pm to 6am) 6.99p per kWh
Peak unit rate shown in the regional quote
Standing charge around 46p to 67p per day, varies by region

The exact peak rate and standing charge for an address come from EDF’s regional quote. Both rates are fixed for the contract term once the customer signs up.

EDF’s published GoElectric off-peak rate is 6.99p per kWh. The separate Pod Point Plug & Power offer starts at 6.49p. Rates on older contracts can differ, so the tariff name and version on the quote matter. At this review, 6.99p sat below Intelligent Octopus Go’s advertised 8p smart-charging rate and British Gas EV Power’s 9p overnight rate.

The seven-hour overnight window

From 1 April 2026 EDF extended the off-peak window from five hours (12am to 5am) to seven hours (11pm to 6am). The change applied to both new and existing customers on GoElectric and on the Pod Point Plug & Power tariff. EDF claims this is the longest off-peak window of any major UK EV tariff.

The seven-hour block is fixed to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). During British Summer Time (BST) it runs from midnight to 7am by the clock, which is why some reviews list the window as 00:00 to 07:00; the seven billed hours are the same either way.

Seven hours at a 7.4kW charging speed delivers about 51.8kWh, which one review puts at 140 to 210 miles of range depending on the car. EDF’s launch material claims 200 miles of range added overnight for under £7. It also claims a saving of £1,181 a year against running a petrol car.

The whole-home rate and heavy daytime use

The saving depends on how much of the home’s electricity moves into the overnight window. Because the off-peak rate is a whole-home rate, a dishwasher, washing machine, immersion heater or battery charging all pay 6.99p if they run between 11pm and 6am.

GoElectric is a fixed-window tariff rather than a smart-dispatch one. You set a timer on the car or the charger to run inside the window; EDF does not move the charging session to grid-optimal times unless you add the Smart Charging bolt-on described below. A household with heavy daytime use can end up worse off, because the peak rate sits above a typical flat rate. Customers who work from home have reported the higher day rate costing more than the overnight rate saves.

The £75 exit fee is higher than Octopus and E.ON Next, both of which charge none. Reviews rate EDF’s customer service as more mixed than Octopus’s.

Smart Charging bolt-on

The Smart Charging bolt-on is an optional add-on to GoElectric that pays a £5 a month bill credit, £60 a year, in return for letting EDF manage the charging schedule. It needs half-hourly meter data sharing and a compatible EV and charger, which EDF checks through a form on its site. While the car is smart charging, the cheaper rate applies to all the home’s electricity use, not only the charging session. A Boost Charge option tops the car up immediately when the schedule is not fast enough.

EDF runs on Octopus Energy’s Kraken technology platform, so the smart charging, app and billing work in a similar way to Intelligent Octopus Go. Some customers run a community-built integration for Home Assistant, the open-source home automation software, against it.

Sunday Saver Challenge

The Sunday Saver Challenge is a periodic scheme that gives customers free electricity on Sundays in return for cutting weekday peak usage. Customers sign up each month through the Energy Hub in MyAccount, and the challenge does not run every month. The free hours earned scale with how much electricity is shifted away from the 4pm to 7pm weekday peak, measured against a personalised target set from the customer’s average peak use in the month before they first joined, with weather corrections applied each month.

Peak usage shifted (4pm to 7pm, Mon to Fri) Free Sunday electricity
5% to 19.9% 4 hours (8am to midday)
20% to 34.9% 8 hours (8am to 4pm)
35% to 49.9% 12 hours (8am to 8pm)
50% or more 16 hours (8am to midnight)

The free electricity is credited to the account after the final free Sunday of the monthly challenge: the total used during the free hours multiplied by the customer’s unit rate. There is no penalty for missing a target and customers can opt out of future months. The 4pm to 7pm peak times can change, with notice through the Energy Hub.

To be eligible you need to be an EDF residential customer in England, Scotland or Wales, with a smart electricity meter sending 30-minute readings, one electricity supply point (a single MPAN (meter point administration number)), a tariff with one or two electricity rates and a registered mobile number. EDF says that by September 2025 the scheme had given away 6.2 million free hours worth £1.5 million, and it extended the challenge into February 2026.

Getting onto the tariff

GoElectric needs a SMETS2 smart meter that can communicate with EDF’s systems and is opted into half-hourly readings, payment by Direct Debit and an EDF account. It is open to new and existing EDF customers, and it works with any EV and any home charger with no brand restriction. Smart meter installation can take two to four weeks where there is not one already.

A new customer without a working smart meter is placed on EDF’s Standard Variable tariff first, then moved to GoElectric automatically once the meter connects and sends readings. The original terms required a dual-fuel account, but the tariff is available to electricity-only customers where there is no mains gas supply.

Tracking usage in the Energy Hub

The Energy Hub in EDF’s MyAccount shows half-hourly EV charging, a breakdown of household usage and appliance-level insights, and it is where customers follow their charging costs and off-peak savings. It is also the sign-up point for each month’s Sunday Saver Challenge.

Zero carbon electricity claim

EDF backs its EV tariffs with what it calls 100 per cent zero carbon electricity, generated by its nuclear fleet. The electricity is supplied to the National Grid rather than delivered directly, so customers receive a normal grid mix and the zero carbon claim reflects the volume EDF puts into the grid. The backing is nuclear generation rather than wind or solar, so it is not a renewable tariff by default.

Export tariff for solar customers

A GoElectric customer with solar panels can add an EDF export tariff to be paid for what leaves the property. Export 12m pays 15p per kWh, fixed for a year with no exit fees, and requires an EDF import account. Export Exclusive 12m V3 pays 18p per kWh but is limited to solar or battery systems installed by EDF’s Contact Solar subsidiary. Two lower SEG rates also exist: an Export Variable Value at 5.6p per kWh for EDF import customers and an Export Variable at 3p per kWh open to any household regardless of supplier.

Setting up export can take two to three and a half weeks, and several customers report having to chase EDF by phone and email before the 15p rate went live. Export payments are backdated to the switch date.

Pod Point Plug & Power as the alternative

EDF runs a second EV tariff, Pod Point Plug & Power, with a lower off-peak rate of 6.49p per kWh over the same 11pm to 6am window. It requires a Pod Point Solo 3S charger installed at home. Despite the lower unit rate, EDF quotes a higher typical annual cost for it, around £1,400 against £1,160 for GoElectric.

The Solo 3S charger can come through Pod Drive, a subscription that fits the charger for no upfront cost at £40 a month, with a lifetime warranty and a 48-hour repair-or-replace commitment, plus £172.50 a year in cashback for smart charging. GoElectric, by contrast, needs no particular charger.

From the 2020 launch to the 2026 restructure

GoElectric launched in 2020 with three structures: a flat-rate version, GoElectric 98 at 9p per kWh across a 98-hour weekly off-peak window (9pm to 7am on weekdays plus all weekend) and GoElectric 35 at 4.5p per kWh over a five-hour 12am to 5am window. Later versions moved the rates around, including a GoElectric Jan21 at 17.22p day and 8p evening and weekend, and a September 2022 fixed deal priced at 60p per kWh peak and 30p off-peak during the energy crisis. EDF also ran an Evolve tariff that tracked the price cap.

Early GoElectric terms carried a £150 exit fee per fuel, so a customer who signed up before the April 2026 restructure may be on different terms from the current £75. EDF acquired Pod Point in 2020, and by April 2026 it had simplified its EV range to the current GoElectric at 6.99p and Pod Point Plug & Power at 6.49p, both on the seven-hour window. Write-ups that predate the April 2026 restructure describe the older tariff, so they can be out of date on the current requirements: the October 2025 Uswitch review, for example, says GoElectric needs no smart meter, which was true of the earlier tariff but not the current one.

Applies to

EV charging

Last reviewed

22 Jul 2026