We’re creating 1,000 jobs in the next year: here’s how to stand out when you apply
Having recently announced 1000 new green jobs, we thought we’d share some top tips with any prospective candidates or potential employees!
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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 energySpotlight on... Ruby, Senior operations manager for Kraken Technologies
In the latest Spotlight blog, Maddie chats to Ruby, one of the first people to join the Octopus team back in 2016.
Ruby's done just about everything there is to do in the company, and now works for Kraken Tech introducing new Kraken convert companies to our software and our unique way of working.
Why we can’t always tell you when your smart meter will be installed
We're ramping up our smart meter installations, but with ongoing COVID restrictions, I wanted to explain why we can’t always tell you exactly when you might get a smart meter, even though we’d love to.
Not leaving anyone behind
Our team of energy experts knock doors around the UK to help people think about switching to our affordable, renewable power. Here's a little info about this part of our business.
The perils of being a tech innovator, working with a tech innovator
We’re delighted to partner with Tesla to offer their customers the Tesla Energy Plan - and the chance to unlock cheaper greener energy through the power of their car, solar panels and batteries.
However, last year we identified an issues with some very specific brand of meters installed by L+G. Here’s the detail of what we found, and what we’ve done, from Phil Steele, our Future Technologies Evangelist.
Octopus Energy Services: the smart hardware experts
Meet our smart hardware installers, Octopus Energy Services.
Here's everything you need to know about getting a smart meter with Octopus, get to know our super talented bunch of octo-engineers, find out how they solve problems on the ground, and how they're turning Octopus' vision for a smarter, greener energy system into a reality.
The state of wholesale energy costs in 2020
2020 has been a year like no other. We unpack what this has meant for wholesale energy prices.
Octopus Energy enters USA with acquisition of Silicon Valley-based startup Evolve Energy
Today we announce the next stage of our rocket ship of growth with the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based start -up Evolve Energy - with the Evolve team, we are launching Octopus Energy US
Smart meter status update: A note on TMA outages
We work with multiple third parties to process the data from your smart meter – here's what happens when one of these third parties have a brief outage.
TL;DR, any outages are generally fixed within a day of us reporting it, and we always back-date your billing so you're always charged correctly, no matter what.
Web accessibility at Octopus Energy
Disability isn’t inherent - disabilities arise when society is built in a way that doesn’t take people's needs into account. In other words, it’s our job to cater for each of our customers, whatever their access needs.
We wanted to write a little about the work that goes into building our website, customer experience and communications in the most inclusive way possible.
Wholesale energy prices and Agile Octopus
In this blog series, our energy procurement team will give the scoop on the market conditions that have led to particular changes in our Agile tariff's rates.
Listen to the 'Inside Octopus Energy' podcast
Lots of people want to know what happens inside Octopus Energy. Most importantly, our ever-expanding team. So, we're starting a podcast – here's how you can listen to "Inside Octopus Energy" now!
How to read your Octopus Energy bill
Understanding your bills can be tricky. This guide includes an annotated bill and common questions about different parts of your energy statement.
A groundbreaking smart energy trial with Powervault and AgileOctopus
Octopus and Powervault are over the Moon to be able to announce a groundbreaking smart trial, paving the way for a smarter, greener energy system.
Spotlight on... Wenye, Back-end developer
Aliya chats to Kraken Tech back-end dev Wenye Zhao about coding the links to connect smart meters, lockdown hobbies, and what it's like working for a green, agile company like ours. Aliya chats to
An update on smart meter installations, August 2020
After coronavirus put a hold on installations,.there’s a been huge appetite for Octopus’s smart tariffs and the smart meters that enable them. Here's how we're rising to meet the challenge.
Powering Lime UK with 100% green energy
We speak to Lime UK General Manager Florence Milner about their decision to power their e-bikes with Octopus Energy's 100% clean, green energy.
Could electric wallpaper be part of the future of heating?
I recently stumbled upon an intriguing new way to heat a building without burning gas: electric wallpaper.
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