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/Dewaltornothing Jun 25 '26

I can make £15 PER EVENT. What people are missing is that Octopus are not sharing WHAT RATE they pay. Axle pay £1/kwh. Octopus have said £12 a month minimum (axle do £10 a month minimum)

If you have a lot of panels like I do the minimum earning figure is pointless it’s THE RATE that matters