The next generation Flux tariff, designed exclusively for solar and battery owners: import and export for a great price while we optimise your solar to help the grid.
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Intelligent Octopus Flux pairs with your battery to optimise the charging and discharging of your battery to save you money and help balance the grid.
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We’ll export the energy you have stored when you’ll make the best return. So you’ll always get the best deal on the sunshine you have stored.
With our handy, hassle-free app, you track what's happening at a glance
Intelligent Octopus Flux is a smart import and export tariff optimised to give you the best rates for consuming and selling your energy.
Compared to our clever-but-not-quite-as-smart Flux tariff, Intelligent customers could save £100 or more each year.
Good to know:
You'll need solar panels and a battery to be eligible for Intelligent Octopus Flux, but we don't need to have been the ones to install them. If you're in the process of getting them installed, you can still start your switch but you'll need to be up and running for us to complete it.
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Getting set up to export your solar power can take a while. You have to get a separate meter number just for your export, which you have to apply for through the wider energy industry. Because we're dealing with third parties, we don't always have control over timescales – it can take around six weeks.
Before you can join Intelligent Octopus Flux this needs to be set up. You can always reach out to our team to get help with this.
Intelligent Octopus Flux takes the stress out of scheduling your battery. By giving Octopus control of your battery, we can make sure you get the most from your solar and reduce your net energy costs.
Import rates on Intelligent Octopus Flux are even lower than Octopus Flux, so we’ll make sure your battery charges when the price is lowest and the grid is greenest.
Intelligent Octopus Flux has a peak rate between 16:00 - 19:00, where we will export your surplus energy back to the grid.
Intelligent Octopus Flux is a smart time-of-use tariff with peak and off-peak pricing, where import and export rates always match.
During the peak period customers will benefit from a high export rate, where the importing rate will also be high.
Outside of the peak period, customers will benefit from a low import rate for their battery and home energy, where the export rate will also be low.
Intelligent Octopus Flux is a variable tariff, which means that the price you pay can rise and fall with the cost of wholesale energy. We'll always give you reasonable notice of any changes to the pricing of flexible tariffs.
You'll need to have:
Register your interest for a smart meter here.
Once you've registered your interest, our team will be in contact when we have an appointment in your area.
Please note: though they’re generally suitable for most properties, in some instances we might not be able to install smart meters (e.g. in some really rural areas with poor signal, or in some properties with a communal meter cupboard).
Very occasionally, we are unable to install a smart meter for reasons outside of our control. Situations like this are pretty rare! If we can’t fit a smart meter for you, we’ll be in touch to let you know, and you’ll be free to switch away from us at any time.
Also, if you have a SMETS1 meter it shouldn't need to be upgraded to a second generation SMETS2 meter.
No, not yet. You can only have one battery connected to Intelligent Octopus. If you have a second battery that isn’t linked to your main battery, you will need to manually control it yourself.
No, currently you are only able to register one device per property.
The battery charging is be split into 3 parts:
Our charging plan won’t impact your battery any more than regular charging. Batteries are pretty hardy and designed to handle this pattern of charging.
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