From 12AM Saturday to 6AM Monday. Just Because.
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A free weekend electricity plan is ideal for working professionals who are away from home during the week, EV drivers who can schedule charging on weekends, busy families who complete most household tasks on Saturdays and Sundays, and eco-conscious consumers who prefer 100% renewable energy, because all of them can maximize savings by shifting their highest electricity use into the free weekend window from 12 AM Saturday to 6 AM Monday.
Your weekend energy charge is $.00 per kWh. Your weekday rate is fixed and locked in for the life of your contract.
Free Weekends comes with 100% renewable energy. No panels required, and no premium for going green.
No energy charge from 12 AM Saturday to 6 AM Monday, every weekend of the year. A plan made for homes that do their living on the weekend.
Free Weekends is a time-of-use plan with one simple rule. From midnight Saturday morning until 6 AM Monday, your energy charge is $.00 per kWh. The rest of the week, you pay one low, fixed rate that stays the same for the length of your contract. No tiers, no gimmicks, no fine print about which weekends count.
| Hours | What you pay for energy | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| 12 AM Saturday to 6 AM Monday | $.00 per kWh | 54 free hours every weekend, all year long |
| 6 AM Monday to 12 AM Saturday | Your fixed rate | Locked in on your Electricity Facts Label (EFL) before you enroll |
| Holiday weekends | Same schedule | The free window starts at midnight every Saturday, holiday or not |
The free window covers the energy charge on your plan. Delivery charges from your local utility (your TDU) and any base charge are passed through at cost and listed on your EFL, just like every other Texas plan.
Chariot’s residential plans are available across all five ERCOT utility areas: CenterPoint, Oncor, AEP Texas North and Central, Texas-New Mexico Power and Lubbock Power and Light. Enter your zip code above to see the Free Weekends options for your address. Terms run from 12 to 36 months, and your rate holds for the whole term.
Free Weekends electricity works best when your home is quiet Monday through Friday and busy Saturday and Sunday. Here is who tends to come out ahead.
Free Weekends is not the right fit for homes with rooftop solar panels or a home battery. Time-of-use plans like this one are not available for solar homes, and that is fine, because our solar buyback plans are built for solar homes. Not sure which side you fall on? Give us a call at 855-524-2746 and a customer happiness expert will walk you through it.
The savings on a Free Weekends electricity plan come down to one number: the share of your monthly kWh that lands between midnight Saturday and 6 AM Monday. Here is an illustrative example. Your own shares will differ, so treat it as a way to think, not an estimate for your home.
| Step | Example home (illustrative) |
|---|---|
| Monthly usage | 1,100 kWh (close to the Texas household average of 1,096 kWh, EIA-861 2024) |
| Usage inside the weekend window today, before changing anything | Assume 30%, or 330 kWh |
| Usage after moving laundry, the EV charge and the pool pump into the weekend | About 45%, or 495 kWh |
| Energy charge on those 495 kWh | $0.00 |
| Energy charge on the other 605 kWh | Your fixed weekday rate, shown on your EFL |
Free Weekends gives you the largest free window of the three Pick Your Free plans, which is why the starting share is already high. Move more usage into the weekend and the share climbs.
Run your own numbers. Plug your usage into the Chariot electricity bill calculator, then estimate what share of it happens on the weekend. The bigger that share, the more Free Weekends has to offer.
Free Weekends is one of three Pick Your FREE Time plans. Same idea, different clock. Every one of them is 100% renewable with a low, fixed rate outside the free window.
| Plan | Free window | Free hours per week | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Weekends | 12 AM Saturday to 6 AM Monday | 54 | Busy weekday households that save the big chores for the weekend |
| Free Nights | 11 PM to 6 AM, every night | 49 | Night owls, EV charging, overnight A/C and appliances |
| Free Days | 10 AM to 4 PM, every day | 42 | Remote workers, stay-at-home households and anyone home during the day |
Still deciding? Compare all three free plans side by side and match the free hours to how your home actually runs.
Shift Chores
Do most of your high-consumption activities on weekends: laundry, vacuuming, cooking, A/C, entertainment.
Charge Your EVs
If you drive an EV, charging during free hours is one of the highest-impact savings strategies. EV charging can use 20 to 60 kWh per session, so moving that into the weekend saves a lot.
Unplug on the Weekdays
Some devices consume energy even when you are not using them. Unplug game consoles, desktop computers, smart home hubs (if not needed 24/7) and space heaters during the week, or run them on the weekend.
Low, fixed per-kWh rates apply outside the free period. The plan is designed for households that can shift their heaviest usage, like running appliances, charging EVs, or cooling the home, into the free window to maximize savings.
The energy charge is. Every kWh you use from 12 AM Saturday to 6 AM Monday carries a $.00 energy charge, every weekend, for the life of your contract. Delivery charges from your local utility and any base charge still apply and are listed on your Electricity Facts Label, the same as on any Texas electricity plan.
Yes. The free window runs from midnight Saturday to 6 AM Monday every week of the year, for the life of your contract, holiday or not.
No. Time-of-use plans like Free Weekends are not available for homes with solar panels or battery storage. If you have panels, or plan to add them, take a look at our solar buyback plans, which credit you for the energy your system sends back to the grid.
Chariot may perform a credit check as part of the enrollment process. Depending on the score and the plan, a deposit may be required. You can also explore deposit waiver options.
Chariot is a retail electricity provider dedicated to providing customer solutions and world class customer care with plans that are good for your wallet and the environment. Chariot is leveraging new and smart energy options designed to meet the wants and needs of today’s energy consumer.
We’ll take it from there. We’ll even let your current provider know about the switch.
No surprises. No hidden fees. Just good, clean energy backed by world class customer care.
