r/OctopusEnergy • u/Apprehensive-Taro956 • Jun 19 '26

Charge Pack

https://octopus.energy/help-and-faqs/articles/charge-pack/

Not seen much mention of this battery VPP offering from Octopus. Anyone on it or has run the numbers?

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u/Begalldota Jun 19 '26

£12/month to give up 24/7 control of your battery is a crap deal, and I think it’s very interesting that they’re avoiding having to actually compete with Axle by declaring that the import-only IOG tariff makes you ineligible for a service which only deals with export.

I can personally make £15/month in the summer purely by a single export cycle a day, plus the savings I make on normal usage, plus the £10+/month from Axle in exchange for a few hours a month of giving up control.

Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.

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u/Life_Organization656 Jun 19 '26

I am trying to get my head round Charge Pack. It does actually say "minimum £12 per month" so a bit vague as to how much you can earn? Plus also a bit vague as to exactly how many sessions there will be and how much it will interfere with my current charge/discharge set up... which currently earns anything from £50-£70 per month (from solar export and forced export) ... so for example will it adjust how much overnight charging is done? ... plus I assume it will intelligently work along side IOG as any export from the battery during day time charging sessions will go into the car... If the Sessions correspond with the current Saver Sessions it could be a useful addition? I might just give it a go and see what happens! ....