EDF launches exclusive £50 offer to students with its cheapest tariff
EDF has partnered with Student Beans to offer students signing up to one of its tariffs a gift card worth up to £50, making its new Simply Fixed Nov26V2 tariff that recently launched an even better choice.
Working out at £1,613 a year for an average dual fuel customer paying by direct debit, the Simply Fixed Nov26V2 tariff is £141 below the current energy price cap and gives peace of mind ahead of an increase in the price cap next April
EDF is the first energy supplier to be part of the Student Beans scheme and the gift card is available to its existing customers and new joiners.
Student Beans members including apprentices, under graduates, those studying for their master's or doctorate, completing their HND, HNC, or PGC can claim a £50 gift card when they choose EDF’s Simply Fixed or Simply Tracker dual fuel tariff.
There is also a £25 gift card when choosing EDF’s Simply Fixed or Simply Tracker single fuel tariff or when choosing one of EDF’s electric vehicle tariffs: GoElectric, Evolve or Pod Point Plug & Power.*
All students need to do is to login to their Student Beans membership, find EDF and follow the steps to claim their gift card.
The supplier has also created a list of the five ways students could save money on their energy bill this winter:
- Refer a Friend; customers can also earn money through EDF’s ‘Refer a Friend’, where each time a friend referred switches to join EDF, both earn £50.
- ‘Sunday Saver’; is open to anyone with a smart meter regardless of payment type, EDF is the only supplier giving up to 16 hours of free electricity to its customers on Sundays as a reward for shifting some of their electricity use away from weekday peak hours (4pm – 7pm) [1]. Sunday Saver customers have already earned over 12.3 million kWh of free electricity (6.8 million hours), with over £3 million being credited onto Brits’ bills [2].
- Smart meters; speak to the landlord about having a smart meter installed. They allow customers to see how much they are spending in pounds and pence, helping make small changes to reduce your energy usage and your bill [3].
- Turn the heating flow temperature down; without lowering the temperature of your home, turning the flow temperature down on your combi boiler from 80℃ to 60℃, you can save 12% of the gas used to heat your home [4].
- Turn down your thermostat; just one degree lower could save you up to £145 a year. Set a timer on your thermostat for your heating to come on only when you need it.
*Full list of tariffs - Simply Fixed, Simply Tracker, Go Electric, Pod Point Plug & Power and Evolve, for more information go to https://www.edfenergy.com/offers/student-beans
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[1] Cheapest based on straight price for price comparison of nationally available tariffs, not including add ons. As of June 2025, the Big Six energy utility companies in the UK are: British Gas, Octopus Energy, E.ON Next, Ovo, EDF, and Scottish Power: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/retail-market-indicators. Based on prices as of 26th August 2025.
[2] From 1 July to 30 September 2025 the energy price cap is £1,720 a year. EDF forecasts the energy price cap will increase to £1,744 a year for the period between 1 October and 31 December 2025. Figures are based on Ofgem ‘typical’ consumption. 'Typical' yearly consumption is 2,700kWh electricity and 11,500kWh gas based on a national average of regional prices for a dual fuel customer with a standard electricity meter who pays by Direct Debit. 'Typical' consumption assumes the price cap does not change over a full year. In reality, the price cap changes every three months. Fixed tariff rates remain the same for the duration of the tariff and are not covered by the energy price cap.
[3] Based on Sunday Saver data from Sept–Dec 2024, Mar–Jun 2025, and free electricity days on 25 Dec 2024, 14 Feb 2025, July 12th 2025 and August 10th 2025: 9,623,000 kWh × £0.2499 = £2,404,788 (kWh and £ rounded to nearest 1,000 where appropriate).
[4] Estimated gas bill savings for the UK typical medium household are based on a flow temperature reduction of 80°C to 60°C in the Salford Energy House Boiler Flow Temperature Report and with Ofgem's typical Uk household usage figures of 11,500 kWh of annual gas consumption.
About EDF
EDF is driving the transition towards An Electric Britain – a secure, affordable, low-carbon future for everyone. As Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity, we are investing more than £100 million weekly in Britain’s electricity infrastructure. We supply millions of customers with electricity and help homes and businesses switch to electricity for heating, transport and industrial processes.
We operate five nuclear power stations and more than 35 onshore wind farms and three offshore wind farms. Since 2009, EDF has invested almost £9 billion in the nuclear fleet to improve reliability and extend station lifetimes. The five generating stations currently supply about 12% of the UK’s electricity demand.
EDF is building the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. We are a minority investor (12.5%) in and major supplier to a replica plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C will provide low carbon electricity to meet 14% of UK demand and power around 12 million homes. EDF Group companies Framatome and Arabelle Solutions have a presence in the UK and manufacture critical equipment such as reactor pressure vessels and turbines.
EDF is enabling its 5 million customers, both in business and at home, to choose electric solutions that save cash and carbon, whether it is buying an electric car, generating and storing electricity, selling energy back to the grid or installing solar panels or a heat pump. In 2025, EDF’s Customers business was ranked as one of the Sunday Times’s Best Place to Work.
It is also one of the UK’s leading developers of renewable energy through EDF power solutions UK and Ireland. We have more than 2GW of renewable generation in operation and over 10GW in construction, planning and development across a range of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage.
We are one of the largest suppliers to British business and a leading supplier of innovative energy solutions that are helping businesses become more energy independent. In addition, the company’s energy services business, Dalkia, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest technical service providers.
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