Intelligent Octopus Go is the UK’s largest smart tariff, designed to offer cheaper, cleaner charging for EVs – without asking owners to change their behaviour.

After customers set a deadline for a full or partial charge, the tariff coordinates assets and delays charging while the grid is busy – topping up cars when energy is cheapest and greenest instead. The Centre For Net Zero found that this tariff reduces charging costs by £343 per year, and takes pressure off the grid, shifting peak load by 42%, saving £2bn by 2035 in infrastructure and energy costs, and supporting a more stable energy system nationwide. 

Kraken processes over 100 million readings daily for Intelligent Octopus Go, bolstering accurate analysis and forecasting. The tariff also unlocks new revenue streams, giving Octopus Energy the ability to sell over 700 MW of flexibility to network operators as part of the UK’s grid balancing mechanism.

Octopus Energy uses Kraken to simultaneously orchestrate solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps – creating a pioneering, commercially viable, home energy management system (HEMS). By automating the use of only the very cheapest energy, and selling excess solar energy back to the grid during peaks in demand, the utility makes money, while customers pay absolutely no energy bills whatsoever on these properties.

Through these Zero Bills Homes, Octopus has used Kraken’s innovative platform to generate yet another revenue stream, and is now working to make Zero Bill Homes standard in the UK (and to retrofit existing properties).