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Greg Jackson: Burnham’s VAT move is a good start. There’s way more to do on energy bills

The VAT move is a positive sign from the new PM. It will bring some relief, but here are my thoughts on what should happen next.

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The Future Homes Standard is finally here. Here's what it means for you.

This is our breakdown of the Future Homes Standard (FHS) announcement.Here, you’ll find information about the Future Homes Standard: what’s driving it, how to access help, how Octopus is weathering the storm, how we’re fighting to support customers struggling with high bills, and answers to a bunch of other frequently asked questions.

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How would a zonal pricing system actually work?

Lets get into the nuts and bolts of zonal pricing: how, exactly, would it save that money? Would it create a postcode lottery? How would a zonal pricing system actually work compared to now? How would the government implement it?

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DNO leaderboard: who is fastest to approve new low carbon tech?

More and more customers across the UK are switching to electric vehicles, solar panels, and heat pumps to save on energy costs and cut carbon emissions. But the wait for installation can vary depending on where you live, thanks to inconsistent processes from Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). We're teaming up with DNOs and policymakers to speed things up and sharing data to highlight where delays happen.

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How to maintain investor confidence through electricity market reform

Zonal pricing can cut £70bn in costs, boost renewables, and shift risks from billpayers to generators, ensuring a fairer, cleaner energy system.

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Zonal energy pricing explained

Zonal pricing could save Britain £3.7 billion a year on energy bills and cut system carbon emissions by 17%. Here's an overview of what needs to change and why.

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Reforming Final Consumption Levies is essential to scaling domestic flexibility

UK renewables are at record highs, with electricity prices dropping below £0 for 135 hours this year due to excess generation. Instead of paying wind farms to shut down, Octopus Energy advocates for allowing customers to use this surplus power. To reduce renewable energy wastage and lower bills, we must remove Final Consumption Levies from all flexible consumption. Read more here.

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Energy industry addiction to short-termism will hike bills and reduce support for renewables

Why energy needs urgent market reform through zonal pricing: a rebuttal to RenewableUK

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Report: Ending the Gridlock – one year on

We published ‘End the Gridlock’ one year ago to raise awareness about the challenges we faced connecting new renewable energy project to the grid. This paper updates and expands on our recommendations from ‘End the Gridlock’, focussing on areas where we think current reform plans could be improved.

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Case Study: how regional pricing could save businesses (and everyone) on bills

Assessing the impact that large demand users siting in response to regional prices - moving from South to North - could have on their bills, all GB consumer bills, carbon emissions and the need for new network infrastructure.

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Report: The Grid - the change needed to get renewables connected sooner

The GB grid is broken. Renewable developers are facing queues of up to 15 years to get projects connected. In this paper, we make six recommendations - across a number of different areas that should allow networks to make better use of consumer flexibility to manage constraints, provide users with better visibility about where it's most system-beneficial to connect, and changes which should reduce the time it takes to connect.

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Report: Consumer flexibility - ready to replace coal

This paper analyses the results from Octopus Energy’s Saving Sessions campaign - part of ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service and the largest ever consumer flexibility campaign. Over 700,000 customers shifted over 1.86GWh of demand flexibility, proving that consumer flexibility is ready to deliver a low-carbon, cost-effective resource to the grid at gigawatt scale today. We look at key results, including customer response and participation levels, as well as recommendations for the future of the Demand Flexibility Service, due to launch in November 2023.

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