We believe energy should be better. A better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money. Our aim of this podcast series is to give you real insight into our company’s DNA – the way we work, the way we think, our values, and our people. We’ll be chatting to various members of the Octopus Energy team over the coming series, exploring everything from our products and services, to the technology that sits behind them and the culture that is driving us to deliver ...
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Ep 18: Spreading its tentacles: Octopus’ growth in Spain
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Since launching the Octopus Energy brand in Spain, the clean energy retailer has grown from a team of ten employees, to over 500. In addition to energy, the company now installs EV chargers, heat pumps and solar panels in customers’ homes.In this episode of Inside Octopus, host Russell Goldsmith reconnects with Roberto Giner, CEO of Octopus Energy …
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Ep 17: Fuelling Change - How heat pumps can help us get off our addiction to gas
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Heat pumps are like magic, turning one unit of energy into three to four units of heat. In this episode, our podcast host Russell Goldsmith chats with Effie Evans, director of Octopus Energy’s heat pump business, about the important role these clean tech devices are playing in decarbonising our homesEffie and Russell discuss Octopus Energy’s effort…
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Ep 16: How Kraken is powering a transformation at Octopus and beyond
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How Kraken – the world’s first next-gen energy operating system – is powering a transformation at Octopus and beyondAt the heart of everything the Octopus group does is Kraken – a world-leading operating system for utilities. In this episode, Octopus CEO Greg Jackson and Kraken Chairman Gavin Patterson shine a light on the unique potential that Kra…
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Ep 15: Zero Bills homes: Getting rid of energy bills for good
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Introducing Zero Bills: the first-of-its-kind smart tariff providing eligible households zero bills for five years, guaranteed. In this episode, we talk to Michael Cottrell, Product & Partnerships Director at Octopus Energy, and Holly Gavin, Product Manager at Kraken Technologies, about how we're partnering with housing developers to build the home…
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Ep 14: Electric dreams: The growth story of Octopus Electric Vehicles
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The EV market has taken off in recent years, and we're right at the forefront of the transition. In this episode, we talk to Fiona Howarth, CEO of Octopus Electric Vehicles, and Claire Miller, Director of Tech and Innovation, about the growth story of Octopus' EV specialist business.Octopus Energy
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Ep 13: How our US team is achieving rapid growth while helping customers through the energy crisis
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Today we're back across the pond to talk to the US team about the exciting growth they've seen over the last 18 months since launching in Texas. We chat again with Michael Lee, the CEO of Octopus Energy US, Lily Stein who is an Octopus veteran and moving to Texas from Australia to lead operations and Naja Cossey, the Director of Marketing for US.We…
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Episode 12: A new energy era - how households can help balance the grid AND get paid for it
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In this episode, our podcast host, Russell Goldsmith, chats with Alex Schoch, who heads up our global flexibility team, and Devrim Celal, the CEO of Octopus’ flexibility technology arm KrakenFlex about how to unlock the untapped resource of household flexibility.It’s clear – we’re entering a new era of energy in which households are moving from pas…
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Bonus Episode: Energy Saving Tips with the Founder of the Energy Advice UK Facebook group
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The well regarded Energy Advice UK Facebook group, founded by Gemma Hatvani in 2020, now holds nearly 100,000 members. Octopus's Chief Product Officer Rebecca Dibb-Simkin talks to Gemma and her colleague Ian about their rollercoaster journey, how their community supports each other and works with suppliers, and shares some energy efficiency advice …
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Episode 11: The Fan Club - providing cheaper energy when the wind is blowing
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Octopus Energy is known for its breakthrough innovations - one of the most exciting ones is The Fan Club, the world’s first local tariff that provides customers living near wind turbines with cheaper energy when the wind is blowing, with a discount of up to 50%.In this episode, we welcome back Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, who…
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Episode 10: Going Global and meeting the team in Germany
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In Episode 8, we chatted to the people who head up Octopus Energy around the world. And so off the back of that discussion, we decided to invite each of those CEOs back onto the podcast for a deeper dive into Octopus Energy in their respective territories, but also with a view of meeting some more members of their teams to get a real understanding …
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Episode 9: How we're making energy greener
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Green energy is already the cheapest way to generate electricity, but we need to build a lot more solar and wind farms to move the world to a fully green energy system. In this episode, our host Russell Goldsmith delves into the world of Octopus Energy's green generation arm. Joined by Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, Matt Setche…
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News Special: The Energy Crisis
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The UK currently faces a massive hike in energy bills as a result of global energy prices, which will force many more families into fuel poverty. The energy industry and the government are working hard to soften the blow of sky-high global gas prices on consumers. In this special episode, host Russell Goldsmith was joined by Octopus Energy Group’s …
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Episode 8: Going global, one country at a time
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In just five years, Octopus Energy has gone from strength to strength and become a truly global company. In this episode, our host Russell Goldsmith tries to find out if Octopus's success in the UK can serve as a blueprint for other countries. He's joined by the people who head up Octopus Energy around the world: Michael Lee, CEO of Octopus Energy …
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COP26 Special: The Kids are all Bright
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In a first for the Inside Octopus podcast, we throw out the rulebook and feature no representative from the eponymous company. Instead, we speak to the five-year-old winners of our fifth birthday competition, about what they did to win, how we can stop climate change, and why they're excited for the future.…
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Episode 7: A sneak peak inside Octopus Energy’s £10 million training and R&D centre
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In this episode, our podcast host, Russell Goldsmith, makes a road trip to Octopus Energy’s multi-million pound commitment to the decarbonisation of heat, for a guided tour from some of the tentacled experts, old and new, working on the green heating revolution.Following all the COVID guidelines to be there, Russell was joined by Clem Cowton, Direc…
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Episode 6: The transformative power of Kraken
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In Episode 2, we already spoke about our technology platform Kraken - the giant robot that sits at the heart of Octopus Energy and the enabler of our rapid growth, innovative products, and outstanding customer service.In this episode of Inside Octopus, we talk about the transformative power that Kraken can unleash in other energy companies, one of …
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Episode 5: Why Octopus Energy doesn't have an HR department
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In February 2021, Greg Jackson, CEO and founder of Octopus Energy, explained on the BBC's CEO Secrets series why Octopus Energy decided against having an HR department despite its considerable size. The interview headlined 'My billion-pound company has no HR department' sparked an, in parts, heated debate on social media among HR and business profe…
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Episode 4: Interview with Rachel Fletcher, Director of Regulation and Economics
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Host Russell Goldsmith welcomes Rachel Fletcher to Octopus Energy and chats about why she left her role as CEO of UK water regulator Ofwat to become our new Director of Regulation and Economics. Rachel also explains what her role will involve and what it means to the business.Octopus Energy
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News Special: Octopus Energy US launch & the Texas Energy Crisis
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This special episode introduces the team who recently launched Octopus Energy US in Texas, just days before the State was hit by one of the worst winter storms it had seen in 100 years. Host Russell Goldsmith was joined by Octopus Energy US CEO, Michael Lee, the US Head of Marketing, Natasha Crowe and Operations Lead, Kelly Rankine, who had only ju…
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In this episode of Inside Octopus Energy, we focus on growth and what it takes to go from zero to over 1.8 million customers in just four years. Hosts Russell & Trudy were joined by our Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder, Stuart Jackson, who talked through everything from bringing on board our first customers, through managing the rapid scaling…
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Episode 2: Technology
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In this episode of Inside Octopus Energy, the topic of conversation was the unique technology that sits behind our products and services that is helping us to deliver Cheaper Greener Energy.Hosts Trudy & Russell were joined by three of the team responsible for shaping and developing Kraken, our technology platform: Gilly Ames, one of our Front-End …
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News Special: PM & Chancellor Visit Octopus Energy
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This special episode was recorded after the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, visited Octopus Energy's London offices to talk about the future of renewable energy, hear our announcement of 1,000 jobs and a new technology centre in Manchester, England. Russell Goldsmith was joined by Octopus Energy Founder & CEO, Greg Ja…
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Following on from our previous episode's discussion around our company culture, we decided to take a step back and record what feels like a bit of a prequel - hence why we called it Episode 0! Hosts Trudy & Russell welcome back our CEO, Greg Jackson, to find out more about why he set up the business in 2015, his plans moving forward, and how on tra…
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Lots of people want to know what happens inside Octopus Energy. Most importantly, our ever-expanding team. When we started, we all sat within earshot of every conversation, every phone call. We could see each other’s screens and learn what Octopus was from each other, as we built it. Now our team is spread across locations (including a lot of remot…
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