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Pricing Policy Energy crisis Business energy Energy explained Green Our community Greg Jackson, CEO Careers Octopus news Green home tech Flexibility & smart energyA note on our smart energy trials
We're on a mission to spur the global transition to green power cheaper and faster. As part of this, we’re always testing new ideas and running limited trials, some involving customers and other energy innovators. Our CEO Greg breaks down what we're doing, and how and why we're doing it.
OctopusWatch: making smart energy easier than ever
What do soap, ice-cream and smart energy have in common? There’s an app for that!
Octopus Receives Investment From Origin To Power Its Global Clean Energy Expansion
An announcement about Octopus Energy's partnership with Origin.
MCS Certification: nurturing home-grown energy
If you want to join our smart export tariff outgoingOctopus and get paid for your home solar generation, it's best to get certified under the Microgeneration Certificaton Scheme. Here, Ian Rippin - CEO of MCS - explains more about the role his organisation has to play in bringing about a climate friendly future:
How to bust your lockdown boredom
Some tips and links from the Octo-hivemind to help you entertain yourself during lockdown.
How our meter engineers are lending a hand to essential services
Since the Corona outbreak began, our octo-engineers haven’t been able to work as normal, so they've their talents towards helping those who need an extra hand.
Social distancing plus sunny, windy weather means AgileOctopus prices plunge
On Sunday 5th April, thousands of customers on our AgileOctopus tariff got paid to use power between 10.30am and 4pm. Our fuel procurement team explain how Sunday's negative pricing came about – and how this weekend's highly renewable energy grid provides a crucial opportunity for the industry to look into its greener, smarter future.
Our proposals for households hit by coronavirus
Our view on offering direct help for all energy customers
Covid-19: Customers, jobs, bills, service and more
The Covid-19 crisis is so much more than a pandemic. It’s a massive economic shock to the system, and as a company at the heart of a critical industrial sector, Octopus Energy has been working unbelievably hard to handle the impact.
In this blog, our CEO Greg goes into detail about how we're working to support our team and our customers throughout these difficult times.
OctopusKids: here to keep your little ones entertained!
As our entire team of energy specialists transition to working remotely we wanted to do something to support parents!
Domestic energy usage patterns during social distancing
Analysis on the changes in energy consumption due to social distancing
Agile API Pioneers: Meet Mick Wall - the brains behind Energy-stats.UK
We’re big fans of anyone that does something ‘smart’ with our Agile API. Here's the story of one such pioneer.
A little detail about the complexity of solving smart meter issues
As someone whose job is to fix things when they go wrong, I wanted to talk about what happens under the hood - the issues that can occasionally crop up, and what we can do to help fix them.
Octopus Energy and Yeo Valley have partnered up to push for a sustainable future!
Yeo Valley share our love for all things green, so we've come together to give away some carbon-busting prizes!
Portraits from the Precipice: Meet the Artists
We wanted the eyes of the world on the climate crisis, so we launched the world’s largest open air art exhibition: Portraits from the Precipice. You can meet some artists that made the final shortlist below...
Customer conversations: Chatting to climate artist Geoff Francis
Sometimes, talking to your energy supplier can be fun — we promise! Our energy specialist Grace, a long-time vegan and climate activist, meets Octopus customer Geoff Francis – climate artist, vegan restaurant pioneer and environmentalist...
The handover: how we work out your opening meter readings when you switch
Here's a guide to the most important part of switching energy supplier – working out your handover meter readings.
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