Guides for homes with solar, batteries, EVs, and heat pumps.
Practical guides to Octopus tariff conflicts, battery behaviour, and whole-home coordination, written for homeowners, not engineers.
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Which 1app smart control mode should you use?
A practical guide to choosing between Autopilot, Home First, and Time-based Control in 1app.energy.
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Octopus Agile vs Go for home battery owners: which saves more?
Agile's half-hourly pricing may beat Go on some days and regions, or cost more. For battery homes, it depends on whether your battery can act on the prices.
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Octopus Intelligent Go: what really happens to your home battery
Intelligent Go is sold as a smart EV tariff. For some battery homes, it can create a conflict many people are not warned about, here is what is happening.
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Why does my home battery drain when Octopus charges my EV?
Got an Octopus smart tariff and a home battery? You may be losing stored solar every time your EV charges by day. Here is why, and what to do.
Read guideHow much solar can UK homes lose to EV and battery conflicts?
Most UK solar + battery + EV homeowners assume their system works well. A worked example of what a common setup may lose, and why no dashboard shows it clearly.
Read guideHeat pump + battery + EV: why a smart tariff alone is not enough
Why smart tariffs alone do not coordinate heat pumps, batteries and EVs in one UK home, and where whole-home visibility helps.
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Octopus Go vs Intelligent Octopus Go: which suits battery homes?
Octopus Go vs Intelligent Octopus Go for homes with a battery: 2026 windows and rates, how EV dispatch affects stored solar, and which tariff fits your home.
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