🔥 Cosy Octopus is an import tariff for heat pump owners

⚡ It comes with three off-peak periods every day

💷 The average heat pump owner can save £200 per year on Cosy Octopus

✅ You just need an air or ground source heat pump and smart meter to qualify

🐙 To sign up for Cosy Octopus, you must first be an Octopus customer

What is Cosy Octopus?

What rates does Cosy Octopus charge?

How can you sign up for Cosy Octopus?

Is Cosy Octopus the best tariff for everyone?

Summary

Cosy Octopus: FAQs

What is the difference between Cosy Octopus and Octopus Flux?

What time is Cosy Octopus cheap?

Is the Cosy Octopus tariff worth it?

Cosy Octopus: explained

What's in this guide?

⚡ Octopus Flux is a solar import and export tariff with peak and off-peak periods

🔋 You can set your battery to import cheap grid electricity and export it for profit

💷 The average household can earn £317 per year with Octopus Flux

🌞 You only need solar panels, a battery, and a smart meter to qualify

🐙 To sign up for Octopus Flux, you must first be an Octopus customer

What is Octopus Flux?

What rates does Octopus Flux pay?

How to set up your battery for Octopus Flux

How can you sign up for Octopus Flux?

Is Octopus Flux the best export tariff for everyone?

Next steps

Octopus Flux: FAQs

Is Octopus Flux worth it?

What is the difference between Agile Octopus and Octopus Flux?

What batteries work with Octopus Flux?

Here's how Octopus Flux works with your solar & battery system, how much you can earn, and whether it’s the best tariff for your home.

Octopus Flux: explained [UK, 2024]

Octopus Flux: explained

🚗 Intelligent Octopus Go is a smart import tariff for electric cars

⚡ The tariff allows you to charge your car for 7p per kWh

🏡 Your entire household can use electricity at this low rate from 11:30pm to 5:30am

✅ You just need an eligible car and charger

💷 The tariff can save you hundreds of pounds per year

What is Intelligent Octopus Go?

How much can you save with Intelligent Octopus Go?

Combining Intelligent Octopus Go with a solar export tariff

🤔 Thinking of going solar? Here's why a larger system makes sense ⬇️

How can you sign up for Intelligent Octopus Go?

Is Intelligent Octopus Go the best tariff for everyone?

Intelligent Octopus Go: FAQs

Which cars work with Intelligent Octopus Go?

What is the difference between Octopus Go and Intelligent Octopus Go?

Can I get Intelligent Octopus Go without an EV?

Here's how Intelligent Octopus Go works with your car and home, how much you can save, and whether you should sign up.

Intelligent Octopus Go: explained

⚡ The price of electricity changes every half-hour on Agile Octopus

📉 When the rate falls below zero, you’ll get paid for using electricity

🛡️ The rate is capped, so your price will never be horrendously high

💷 You can save hundreds of pounds per year by shifting your usage

🏡 Eligible homes must be with Octopus and have a smart meter

What is Agile Octopus?

What rates does Agile Octopus charge?

Combining Agile Octopus with a solar export tariff

How can you sign up for Agile Octopus?

Is it worth switching to Agile Octopus?

Agile Octopus: FAQs

Can I leave Agile Octopus?

What is the difference between fixed rate and Agile Octopus?

Which Octopus Energy tariff is best?

Is Agile Octopus a good idea?

How much is the Agile Octopus standing charge?

Will Agile Octopus end?

Here's how Agile Octopus works, how it could benefit you, and whether it would be a good idea for your home.

Agile Octopus: is it worth it? [UK, 2024]

Agile Octopus: is it worth it?

🐙 Intelligent Octopus Flux is a smart, time of use, import and export tariff

💷 The average household can earn around £350 per year from Intelligent Octopus Flux

🧠 Smart battery controls will maximise your profits

🔋 You just need a smart meter, solar panels, and an eligible battery and phone to qualify

📈 Intelligent Octopus Flux's rates are likely to stay high

What is Intelligent Octopus Flux?

Intelligent Octopus Flux is pretty groundbreaking stuff - it’s completely transformed the financial benefits of having solar panels and a battery, and it’s made the whole process incredibly easy for homeowners. Instead of having to program your battery yourself, you can leave the whole thing in Octopus’s hands and they’ll maximise your profits.

The UK's first solar subscription

What rates does Intelligent Octopus Flux pay?

How can you sign up for Intelligent Octopus Flux?

Is Intelligent Octopus Flux the best export tariff for everyone?

What’s the long term future of Intelligent Octopus Flux?

Intelligent Octopus Flux: FAQs

Can you connect multiple batteries to Intelligent Octopus Flux?

Is Intelligent Octopus Flux worth it?

Does Intelligent Octopus Flux affect your battery’s lifespan?

Here's how the tariff works with your solar installation, how much it can earn you, and when it’s the best choice for your home.

Intelligent Octopus Flux: explained [2024]

Intelligent Octopus Flux: explained

🐙 The best export tariff is Intelligent Octopus Flux

🤝 Companies give the highest rates to their own customers

💷 ScottishPower’s 12p per kWh tariff is the best option with no strings

📈 Export rates are the highest they’ve been since the Feed-in Tariff ended

🚗 Most solar homes with an EV should choose Octopus Outgoing Fixed

What are the best Smart Export Guarantee rates?

The best SEG rates: explained

Once you’ve got solar panels, it can be tempting to stick with your current energy supplier and not go through the faff of switching, even if another supplier offers higher export tariffs - but in most cases it’s always worth the switch. It may only be a matter of a few extra pence per kWh, but over several years this will mount up and make a huge difference to your energy bills.

What is the best SEG rate for you?

Best SEG rates: FAQs

What is the best SEG tariff?

Are SEG payments likely to increase?

What is the average SEG payment?

What’s the best import tariff to use with an export tariff?

Who pays the best SEG rates in the UK?

Do you pay tax on SEG payments?

Here are the best export tariffs you can use to earn money from the excess solar electricity you send to the grid.

What are the best SEG rates? | All 27 tariffs ranked [2024]

What are the best SEG rates?

🧠 A smart meter bills you precisely without you giving any readings

🌞 Solar panels and smart meters are compatible

💷 Smart meters are essential for receiving solar export payments

🛠️ You can get a smart meter installed at home for free

👍 If you have solar panels, you should get a smart meter

What is a smart meter?

Is it true that smart meters and solar panels don't mix?

What are the main types of smart meter?

Can you have solar panels without a smart meter?

Smart meters and solar panels: FAQs

Can you have a smart meter if you have solar panels?

How do you read a smart meter with solar panels?

Are there any compatibility issues with smart meters and solar panels?

Find out how a smart meter gives you access to the best solar export tariffs, and improves your solar system's return on investment.

Do smart meters and solar panels work together? [UK, 2024]

Do smart meters and solar panels work together?

💷 Solar export tariffs pay you for all the electricity you send to the grid

⚡ You'll export around 34% of the electricity your panels generate

🔋 You'll typically also need a battery to qualify for the best export tariffs

📃 Most solar export tariffs are available to anyone – but you may need to become a customer first

What is a solar export tariff?

What are the requirements for a solar export tariff?

How do you sign up for a solar export tariff?

Solar export tariffs used to be quite tricky to sign up to, but the market has moved on a lot, and in most cases there are now only a couple of documents you need in order to sign up (which we provide for you). It usually takes a couple of weeks for the supplier to complete your registration, then you’ll be ready to start exporting and earning.

Can you access other earnings on top of an export tariff?

This is a step-by-step guide to signing up for a solar export tariff, and how much you can expect to earn.

Solar export tariffs: what are they and how do you sign up? [2024]

Solar export tariffs: explained

☀️The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) replaced the Feed-in Tariff scheme

💷 Your export income could be worth £100s each year

⏰ Most SEG tariff applications take up to 28 days to be approved

What is the Smart Export Guarantee?

How does the Smart Export Guarantee work?

How much money can you earn with the Smart Export Guarantee?

The pros and cons of the Smart Export Guarantee

Is it worth signing up for the Smart Export Guarantee?

What are the requirements for the Smart Export Guarantee?

How do you sign up for the Smart Export Guarantee?

Is it easy to switch Smart Export Guarantee tariffs?

Are Smart Export Guarantee rates expected to increase?

Smart Export Guarantee: FAQs

Who pays the highest Smart Export Guarantee rate?

How much do I get for selling electricity back to the UK grid in 2023?

Learn about how you can earn money with solar via the Smart Export Guarantee, and other export tariffs.

The Smart Export Guarantee: explained [UK, 2024]

The Smart Export Guarantee: explained

📈 The Feed-in-Tariff prompted a solar revolution in the early 2010s

⛔ The scheme closed to new applicants on 31 March 2019

🧠 In January 2020, the Smart Export Guarantee replaced the FiT

➡️ You can move to an SEG export tariff and keep your FiT generation tariff

💷 Some households will be better off staying on the FiT

What was the Feed-in Tariff?

How much could you earn with the Feed-in Tariff?

The Feed-in Tariff was a funding method designed to ‘kick-start’ solar in the UK. Once it did that, the price of solar PV systems started to come down, because it became a bigger market. There’s no need to use taxpayers' or bill payers’ money to support solar anymore because it’s a great purchase without it.

Why did the Feed-in Tariff end?

Is there a replacement for the Feed-in Tariff?

Feed-in Tariff: FAQs

What is the downside of the Feed-in Tariff?

How much did the Feed-in Tariff increase by in April 2024?

Has the Feed-in Tariff ended?

How much do I get for selling electricity back to the grid in the UK?

What replaced the Feed-in Tariff?

Who pays the best SEG tariff in the UK?

Discover the history of the UK's solar Feed-in Tariff between 2010 and 2019 - and learn about its replacement.

The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme: an expert guide [UK, 2024]

The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme: an expert guide

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