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Electric vehicles

The ultimate guide to charging your first EV

The ultimate guide to charging your first EV at home or on the go. Learn the cheapest ways to charge your electric car in the UK and save money.

Samsam Farah

Writer

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Energy explained

Smart meter myth busters

Wondering about smart meter myths? We separate fact from fiction on accuracy, privacy, and how they affect your energy bills.

Rebecca Gillespie

Product and Marketing Executive

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Octopus Labs: Sync up your smart home tech

Want to sync your solar, battery or EV with the cheapest times on your smart tariff? With Octopus Labs, it's easy — and a great little rainy day job to sink your teeth into. Phil Steele, our "Tech Evangelist," is here to tell you more.

Phil Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

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Octopus news

Here's how we make energy better for medium-sized businesses, like Bing Pilates

We do commercial energy for all types of SME. Any size, any sector. We work hard to make better, smarter energy accessible for all businesses.So, we’re excited to offer a new way for mid-market customers to sign up. That means a new joining process and quotes bespoke to this size of businesses.To celebrate, we did our absolute favourite thing - visited a customer!

Pete McNally

Content Manager at Octopus Energy For Business

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Energy explained

How smart meters are the key to a flexible grid

Smart meters are transforming the way we use energy, delivering real-time insights to power our lives when the grid is at its most sustainable.

Rebecca Gillespie

Product and Marketing Executive

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Business energy

Powered by Octopus: How Maghull Cricket Club are making wicket savings with Shape Shifters: Agile 🏏

We love to hear how our customers are making the most of our new tariffs, so we thought we’d pay a Shape Shifter a visit.

Karys Richards

Content Coordinator

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Heat pumps

Can heat pumps clean the air in your community?

Air source heat pumps often get credit for boosting indoor air quality, but is that actually true? We spoke with an expert with a passion for making clean air a basic right, so you don't have to second-guess it.

Laura Iancu

SEO for Clean Energy

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Green

Introducing Tenant Power: our new tariff for social housing tenants

Introducing Tenant Power, a new Octopus tariff that helps social housing tenants save £200 a year on average, while landlords earn from going green.

Samsam Farah

Writer

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Our community

Meet your energy specialist team in Leicester

Meet the Leicester team bringing Octopus award-winning customer service to life with quick help and the same friendly experts every time you call.

Samsam Farah

Writer

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Our community

Paw-ered by Octopus: Kimbolton Vets are saving money with Shape Shifters Trio

Read about the time we popped over to see Becky. She runs Kimbolton Vets and is saving money with Shape Shifters: Trio.By making a few small changes, Becky's unlocking big savings. That means more money to reinvest in her practice - and in her patients of course (did someone say treats?! 😋).

Pete McNally

Content Manager at Octopus Energy For Business

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Octopus Charge FAQs

Find the answers to all your Octopus Charge questions, from how much it costs and how it works, to what to do if something goes wrong.

Milly Sullivan

Writer

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Flexibility & smart energy

What if your house had no energy bills? | See how Zero Bills Homes work

Find out about Zero Bills homes with solar panels and a home battery; and no home energy bills at all.

Samsam Farah

Writer

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The ultimate guide to charging your first EV

Smart meter myth busters

Octopus Labs: Sync up your smart home tech

Here's how we make energy better for medium-sized businesses, like Bing Pilates

How smart meters are the key to a flexible grid

Powered by Octopus: How Maghull Cricket Club are making wicket savings with Shape Shifters: Agile 🏏

Can heat pumps clean the air in your community?

Introducing Tenant Power: our new tariff for social housing tenants

Meet your energy specialist team in Leicester

Paw-ered by Octopus: Kimbolton Vets are saving money with Shape Shifters Trio

Octopus Charge FAQs

What if your house had no energy bills? | See how Zero Bills Homes work