EON customers who work from home can get £913 off energy bills

E.ON customers working from home can save a huge £913 on their bills. The energy firm has emailed customers to say they could slash their bills if they are working from home or are home all day for any other reason.

Customers can save £713 on their bills over the next year, with a further £200 off the cost of solar panel installation. It means they can 'earn money back' thanks to the panels, with reduced up front costs and payments for generating power for the National Grid.

The email read: "We’re here to share some exciting news with you. You could start saving up to £713 a year on your energy with a little help from the sun.

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"With our exclusive solar SEG tariffs you can also earn money back by exporting excess solar energy generated by your solar panel system into the grid. So, you could literally save some cash by harnessing the sun.

"As an E.ON Next customer, we’re also offering up to £200 off solar panels and battery system." The firm said figures are based on a property in central England with a south-facing solar array fitted on a roof with a '35 degree tilt' and 'no shading'.

The property would also be using 4,800kWh of electricity units per year 'with the customer home all day', Express reports. E.ON said: "These are example figures only, based on standardised MCS calculations.

"Savings are based on property fitted with a south-facing solar array in central England on a roof with a 35-degree tilt and no shading, with electricity consumption of 4,800 kWh per year (with the customer home all day), at a tariff rate of 22.40p/kWh (the Ofgem Energy Price Cap rate from 01 July 2024).

"The solar array contains 12 x 435W panels (5.22 kWp) generating 4,881 kWh/year, fitted with a 5.1 kWh (5.1 kWh usable) battery." Solar panels start from about £5,000 from E.ON although other installers are available and prices can vary.

At a cost of £7,500 with a battery and savings of £700 a year, you could make your money back within 12 years and enjoy another 13 years of profits before the panels need replacing. If energy prices went up, you could make your money back even sooner.