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Octopus Compare SpreadSheet (download this and open to compare deals with your usage)
As an Octopus energy customer and user, I’m happy to recommend them as a provider for electric and gas at home & business.
Octopus has 4 special deals for Electric car customers and 1 special deal for Heat Pump customers and a special deal for customers who have solar and battery storage all the deals are listed below.
Octopus GO
The first is Octopus Go offering 12p electricity from 00:30 till 4:30 Peak electric cost depends on your region and the costs have listed at the bottom of this page. Once you switched to Octopus using my link https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 you can then go to Octopus.energy/go to start your switch to go.
Octopus Agile
We have octopus Agile these rates changed half-hourly and follow wholesale prices per day I’ve seen as low is “-15p” meaning they pay you however it can hit a maximum peak of £1 go switch to this deal firstly sign up using https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 then go to octopus.energy/agile
Octopus Intelligent
Now we also have Octopus Intelligent which gives 6 hours and sometimes more of 10p electric with the same peak rates and go this is the most interesting deal yet sign up to Octopus first using my referral link https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 then click https://octopus.energy/intelligent-octopus
HUGE Change since this video was made is now you can have octopus OUTGOING or AGILE outgoing if your a solar or battery customer this gives you BETTER export with outgoing it’s 15p a kWh export
Cosy Octopus (Heat Pump)
This next deal is aimed at heat pump customers it allows 2 hits of cheaper electricity with a higher peak rate. Heat pumps tend to run for most of the day however if you can schedule it to run lower during peak times and full power during the cheaper rates you could really benefit from Cosy Octopus at the time of writing this the rates for my region were as follows
33p day rate
Offpeak from 04:00-07:00 & 13:00-16:00 at 19.81p a kWh
Peak 16:00-19:00 at 52p a kwh
Standing Charge 48p a Day
Sign up to octopus first using my referral link https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 then click https://octopus.energy/smart/cosy-octopus
Octopus Flex (Solar Battery)
This deal is an import and export deal offering different rates of import and export that change threw the day if you have solar and battery storage this deal might really benefit you. It could also benefit you if you have a lot of battery storage with no solar and are able to charge during cheap rates and export during the peaks to make yourself a little profit
Sign up to octopus first using my referral link https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 then click https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/
Octopus Intelligent Flux
This is a cross between FLUX and Intelligent its for a car AND for people with batteries I’ve not done a deep dive yet but it’s for competitive cars and battery systems Sign up to Octopus first using my referral link https://share.octopus.energy/straw-moon-586 then click https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/
Octopus GO FASTER (Discontinued)
Octopus Go Faster is another cheap rate from octopus offering prices from 11p a kWh to 13p per kWh from 3 hours to 5 hours with varying start times to request this deal your need to email octopus and request entry into the trail the peak rates are the same as go and listed below.
Go & Go Faster region rates in pence for PEAK times
| Region | MPAN Number | Region Name |
|---|---|---|
| A | 10 | Eastern England |
| B | 11 | East Midlands |
| C | 12 | London |
| D | 13 | Merseyside and Northern Wales |
| E | 14 | West Midlands |
| F | 15 | North Eastern England |
| G | 16 | North Western England |
| H | 20 | Southern England |
| J | 19 | South Eastern England |
| K | 21 | Southern Wales |
| L | 22 | South Western England |
| M | 23 | Yorkshire |
| N | 18 | Southern Scotland |
| P | 17 | Northern Scotland |
To find your local go rate click https://octopus.energy/go/rates/ rates increased in September 2021 and I’ve yet to compile the list of areas however DON’T Forget to use my referral link before signing up to get the £50 signup bonus before clicking threw.
OLD RATES PRIOR TO October 2021
A 15.96
B 15.33
C 15.897
D 16.674
E 15.645
F 14.994
G 15.03
H 15.5925
J 16.2645
K 15.9075
L 16.2645
M 15.183
N 16.0335
P 16.9155
Have you seen my interview with Greg Jackson the CEO of octopus? If not check it out below