Amidst worry for the upcoming Winter Fuel costs, following Sir Keir Starmer’s unpopular decision to reduce DWP payments to those earning £35,000 or less, energy giant EDF have promised to help Brits “stay ahead of predicted increases to energy costs”. The company’s new tariff ‘Simply Fixed’ launches today, August 26, and claims to offer bill-payers “the cheapest energy-only fixed price among major suppliers”.
EDF predicts a subtle upward trend for the rest of 2025 into the next year, with additional increases in April and July 2026. But their new tariff will maintain its title of cheapest, being a minimum of £65 less than Ofgem’s price cap over next year, the company says.
EDF’s Simply Fixed Aug26v11 tariff will last 12 months and is priced at £1,634 for the average fuel customer paying via direct debit, states its press release. The brand adds that this will drop a total of £86 below its present capped price of £1,720, and a further £110 less than EDF’s prediction for October – £1,744.
This means that up until September 30, 2025, the energy price cap will remain at £1,720 per year, with the energy producers’ estimate of a spike of £24 (to £1,744 a year) between October 1 and December 31, based on Britain‘s “typical yearly consumption,” marked every three months.
Ofgem has announced the Q4 (final quarter) price cap level will be revealed tomorrow, on August 27.
Director of Retail at EDF, Rich Hughes commented: “Although we’re predicting a modest increase of £24 to the Q4 price cap level, it’s important for households to remember the energy market remains very volatile. We’re seeing significant changes in our price cap predictions week on week, driven by fluctuations in wholesale energy costs”.
The director added: “We know price uncertainty can be worrying for households – especially when heading into winter – which is why we’re pleased to launch our new fixed deal which guarantees savings of over £100 against our new price cap prediction”.
The new tariff has been made available to all customers, both new and existing, to which you can access when signing up directly through the EDF website. Note that exit fees of £50 per fuel still applies and that the deal will experience risk of being withdrawn in accordance to market volatility in global wholesale prices.
In addition, EDF has brought back its ‘Sunday Saver’ challenge, which motivates its customers to alter their electricity use schedule to avoid weekday peak hours of 4pm – 7pm. This effort will earn households up to 16 free hours of electricity by the weeks end.
To shave £100 more off your energy bill, and £75 off for a friend, sign up to the ‘Refer a Friend’ programme, through MyAccount online.
Existing customers will be able to opt-in for new tariffs via MyAccount or the EDF app.
