A leading energy company is offering free electric blankets to help customers over the colder months as bills rise. Octopus Energy is giving the blankets to some of its 3.1 million customers as energy prices for the average household hiked from £1,971 to £2,500 per year on October 1.
From today (October 10), Octopus Energy customers will be invited to fill in an online form to apply for a blanket - the business is offering 10,000 of the items to those most in need. This will likely include the elderly and those with medical conditions who require them to keep warm.
Electric blankets can offer a cheaper alternative to keeping warm rather than switching on the central heating, which now comes at a premium. Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, chief product officer at Octopus Energy, said: "Octopus is doing everything we can to help customers through the crisis.
