Octopus' energy saving trial sees customer usage halved in peak period

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Business and Energy Minister Lord Callahan and Octopus founder Greg Jackson at the Octopus Heat Pump Centre | Credit: Octopus
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Business and Energy Minister Lord Callahan and Octopus founder Greg Jackson at the Octopus Heat Pump Centre | Credit: Octopus

Preliminary results of hour-long trial earlier this month saw 200,000 households receive payments to avoid using power at peak times

Octopus Energy has unveiled the preliminary results of its first large scale customer energy saving trial, which saw 200,000 households receive payments to shift their energy usage outside peak periods...

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