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Octopus Energy customers hit with higher bills after trying to LOWER their direct debits

Octopus Energy told The Mirror that they took a blanket approach to the support and automatically reduced all customer's bills by £67 but also added £67 back automatically this month

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis shares ‘clever’ variable energy tariff rate only available to people with certain provider

Octopus Agile could be an option for people who can shift their electricity use outside of peak times.

Daily Record

Judges to rule on High Court challenge over sale of energy company Bulb

Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon have claimed that the sale of the collapsed company to Octopus was unfair.

The Independent UK

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Ovo reportedly planning bid for Shell’s 1.4m household energy customers

Shell takeover would make Ovo second-largest energy supplier in UK market again

The Guardian - UK

Bulb bailout may cost UK government billions less than feared, says watchdog

National Audit Office estimates bill of £246m for saving energy supplier as result of sharp fall in gas prices

The Guardian - UK

Money coaches: the mentors who focus on financial health, not wealth

A new breed of ‘personal trainer’ has a more user-friendly, holistic approach to how you spend

The Guardian - UK

Energy supplier switching: move supplier and get up to £75

A number of energy suppliers are looking to draw in new customers and are offering incentives if you switch to them. We look at how much you can bag when you move to another supplier, what it involves and if it is worth it.

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Family light candles and switch off all electrical devices during paid energy saving trial

Ryoko Scott and her family have been taking part in the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service with their energy provider Octopus.

Daily Record

Family live by candlelight and switch off computers during energy-saving trial

Ryoko Scott, 53, signed up for the National Grid's Demand Flexibility Service to help reduce the need to turn to coal power

Daily Mirror

‘My new solar panels and batteries should save me £1,600 this year’

More Britons are making their homes greener and cutting bills – here’s how the costs add up

The Guardian - UK

Unfair Bulb sale process prevented British Gas making ‘better’ bid, court told

Power companies Scottish Power, British Gas and Eon are taking legal action over the sale of failed supplier Bulb to Octopus.

The Independent UK

Court to examine Bulb-Octopus deal as rivals claim preferential terms

Owner of British Gas, E.ON and Scottish Power brings judicial review over deal between Octopus and government

The Guardian - UK

Energy customers charged just 0.1% of their gas bill - and they don't have to pay it back

Octopus customers received an email from the supplier last week saying they had only been charged just 0.1% of the amount of gas they have used over the last past few months

Daily Mirror

M&S to close energy business affecting 60,000 customers

'Over the last five years M&S Energy, powered by Octopus Energy, grew to serve around 60,000 customers, all while maintaining five-star customer service ratings on Trustpilot."

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Mother-of-two receives £27,000 energy bill after smart meter error

Paula Coplin, 42, from Leicester, discovered the colossal bill while trying to claim back credit from her account

Chronicle Live

British Gas prepay energy bills blunder leaves 'paranoid' Gateshead woman £215 in debt

Diane Frith was frightened bailiffs would come to her home after British Gas claimed she owed the firm £215 despite being on a prepayment meter

Daily Record

M&S Energy customers issued six-week account warning as firm announces closure

The move is set to impact thousands of UK households - here's everything you should know if you are an M&S Energy account holder.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham woman forced to sleep in multiple layers to keep warm after gas bill skyrockets

She said the increase saw a month of gas cost her five times more than usual at over £300

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Daily Mirror

Energy firm issues six-week warning to 60,000 customers before it closes down

M&S Energy customers will be moved over to Octopus Energy on April 1 in a move that affects 60,000 customers in the UK - here is everything you need to know about what this means

Daily Record

Octopus wipes nearly £1,000 off woman’s energy bill through £15m support fund

Octo Assist is a £15 million customer fund to help people struggling with high winter energy bills.

Evening Standard

Heat pumps to be installed for same or less price than gas boilers

Octopus Energy’s new heat pump will cost homeowners as little as £2,500

The Guardian - UK

‘This is bullying’: How much of your money are gas suppliers holding?

Revelations that suppliers have been stockpiling credit amid soaring bills have sparked fears customers are being taken advantage of

Manchester Evening News

Octopus Energy waived profits to save customers £50 on bills

The energy supplier suffered an operating loss of £141 million

The Guardian - UK

Octopus says it chose to ditch profit to keep energy bills down

Potential £9m profit dropped for £150m investment to shield consumers from price increases, says supplier

The Guardian - UK

Octopus Energy calls rivals ‘desperate’ in bitter court clash

British Gas, E.ON and Scottish Power demand scrutiny of process by which rival acquired collapsed Bulb

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