News · 10 August 2026
Octopus Energy asks customers to cut power use during solar eclipse
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Britain's biggest energy supplier wants customers to avoid using appliances between 6pm and 8pm this Wednesday. The solar eclipse will obscure as much as 95% of the sun, which will disrupt solar power during a heatwave. Octopus offers two free hours of electricity next weekend for those in its rewards programme.
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