British households have earned nearly £100 million from selling their spare solar power through Octopus over the past year, the utility and power group said on the hottest day of the year last week (13 August).
More UK citizens than ever are taking advantage of sunny weather and have collectively exported the equivalent of a gas power plant in the past year, utility Octopus Energy said.
British households have earned nearly £100 million from selling their spare solar power through Octopus over the past year, the utility and power group said on the hottest day of the year last week (13 August).
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From 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026, Octopus paid out £99,235,326 to 405,233 customers on its export tariff.
The firm has over 400,000 UK households on its export tariffs now, with 825GWh of power fed back to the grid over the last 12 months. Octopus said that is equivalent to a gas plant’s annual output (though didn’t specify the size).
The firm has seen demand for new home solar and batteries jump during the sunny heatwave months too.
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