Octopus Energy has announced plans to provide customers with real time energy pricing by integrating its Agile Octopus smart time-of-use home energy tariff with home automation web service If This Then That. Announced yesterday, the company claims it is the first service to integrate a complete package of smart devices, smart meters, and energy provision with If This Then That (IFTTT) technology, which triggers consumers’ smart home devices to automatically adjust energy use based on half-hourly price changes offered by the Agile Octopus tariff. Launched as a trial earlier this year, the Agile Octopus tariff enabled participating customers – including EV drivers – to choose the cheapest times of the day to charge their cars or undertake other energy intensive household activities.
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