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 energy firm plans a bigger pilot later in the year and the scheme could be offered to consumers from 2014.

Ah, so they somehow want you to miraculously shift your leccy usage from during the week to Saturday.
Any ideas?

Laundry and baking, although those have usually been weekend events for me anyway.