With all of the energy price rises recently and those companies who have gone bust, it is really important to rely upon a dependable energy provider.
We recently covered Octopus Energy within our recent article: Best Energy Tariff for EV’s – We highly recommend them especially if you charge your pure electric vehicle from home, offering two excellent tariffs:
- Octopus Go
- Octopus Agile
Why use a Referral Code?
By using our referral code on our website, we both get £50 credit on your energy bill, as well as this incentive, Octopus Energy has been voted top energy company by Which? customers as well as the Which? Recommended Provider (WRP) for energy.

How to join Octopus Energy
To switch your energy provider to Octopus, just follow the simple steps:
- Click on this link to activate the referral code
- Enter your post code to get a personalised quotation
- Select whether you need gas and electric, or just electric
- Select your meter type
- Enter how much energy you use (You can take this from your latest bill)
- Click “Quote Me” and see the tariff that suits you best
- Select the energy tariff and sign up!
Keeping track of your energy usage
Octopus have a fantastic way of keeping you informed, from the switch to your month-to-month usage. They send regular emails and where required, will ask you to submit your latest meter readings. This can be done via the email or the smartphone app.
You can also enter their wheel of fortune competition to win bill credit on a monthly basis, once your meter readings have been submitted. This even applies to those on a smart meter.
Green Energy as Standard
Octopus Energy uses 100% green energy as standard and is backed by Octopus Investments, the United Kingdom’s largest investor in solar power.
Switching Made Easy
It is so easy to switch providers, just complete the simple steps above and Octopus will take you hand-in-hand to assist you with your energy supplier switchover. Even if you don’t have your energy usage to hand when signing up, the simple online quoting system will give you an estimate based on the size of your house.
Manual Referral Code
If you have already signed up to Octopus Energy, but not quite switched. It may be possible to add the referral code on afterward. Just contact them via telephone, online or Twitter and quote: straw-snail-434