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Octopus Energy is a gas and electricity company, based in London, that buys energy on the wholesale market. While they don’t produce any energy of their own, they claim to be the UK’s largest investor in solar farms. They also are active in wind power generation and anaerobic digesters. As well as industry-standard tariffs, Octopus Energy also offer their own custom tariffs such as the Octopus Tracker, Octopus Agile and Octopus Go. Octopus Energy and high street retailer Marks & Spencer are part owners of M&S Energy.
Octopus Energy has a 27% Positive Opinion rating on YouGov. On Trustpilot, Octopus Energy is rated 4.8 out of 5 stars for providing energy.
If you’re after more information about Octopus Energy, look no further. Find the answers to your frequently asked questions below.
Octopus Energy has an app you can download on iOS. At present, the app isn’t available on Android.
Yes. If you switch to either their Octopus Agile or Octopus Go tariffs, you can have a smart meter installed. In some cases, your home may not be compatible with second-generation smart meters and, first-generation smart meters (SMETs1) will be installed instead.
To read an Octopus Energy smart gas meter:
Press the '9' button until the word 'VOLUME' appears.
The first five digits on the number that appears will be your meter reading.
Yes. All of their tariffs use 100% green electricity that comes at no extra cost to their customers.
You can get in touch with Octopus Energy:
Over the telephone on +44 (0) 808 164 1088
By email on hello@octopus.energy
On Twitter via @octopus_energy
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