Octopus holds ad hoc trial to boost demand over bank holiday weekend

Octopus Energy says its efforts to boost demand over the bank holiday weekend by offering customers lower prices or even paying them to use electricity as part of an ad hoc trial appear to have been “very effective”. Chief executive Greg Jackson told Utility Week the trial was set up in less than a week as the electricity system operator prepared for exceptionally low demand on the transmission network.

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