How the EDF referral program works
EDF's landing page advertises £50 off the energy bill for both sides when a friend switches, with no cap on how many friends earn it. The terms and conditions, though, never state a figure: the reward is an account credit of whatever amount the referrer's online account displays, explicitly subject to change at any time.
What the program pays
What makes this program different
The amount lives outside the terms. EDF's conditions commit to the machinery, eligibility, the 12-month exclusion, payment timing, the no-cash rule, but the reward is defined only as the amount shown in the referrer's online account, subject to change at any time. EDF can reprice the offer for every customer tomorrow without amending a single term. The terms never priced it.
Why it works
Keeping the figure in the account, not the terms, makes repricing an interface change rather than a legal one.
A 12-month exclusion window defines a lapsed customer precisely instead of arguing case by case.
Requiring the first payment to clear anchors the reward to a supply relationship that actually started.
Restricting links to friends and family, with commercial use grounds for refusal, keeps the offer out of voucher-site circulation.
What to copy
- If your reward level moves often, define the amount by reference to a canonical live surface and keep the rules in the terms.
- Write the anti-commercial-sharing rule down; it is your grounds for refusing farmed referrals.
- Publish the expected payout delay in plain language, four weeks reads better than a clause number.
- The £50 figure sits on the marketing page, not in the terms, and EDF's terms reserve the right to change it at any time, so the amount here is as-verified on the date shown. Higher figures seen in EDF's social posts were not on any fetched page and are not recorded.
EDF referrals, answered
How much is the EDF refer-a-friend reward?
The landing page advertises £50 off the energy bill for each side. The terms themselves state only that the current amount is displayed in the referrer's online account and can change at any time.
Who qualifies as a friend for EDF's scheme?
Someone who is not an EDF customer and has not been one in the previous 12 months, who joins as a residential supply customer and whose first payment clears.
When does EDF pay the referral credit?
Usually within 30 days of the last qualifying event; the FAQ describes it as around four weeks from the friend joining. The credit cannot be withdrawn as cash.
EDF is not a ReferralFlo customer and this page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by EDF. All terms described here are taken from EDF’s own published materials as at 8 September 2026 and may have changed since. Trade marks are the property of their respective owners.
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