Octopus Energy referral code for people moving home

Moving home is the one moment energy actually demands your attention — you're handed an unfamiliar meter, an unknown supplier and a "deemed" rate nobody chose. It's also the perfect moment to start fresh with Octopus, because using a referral link drops £50 of credit onto your new account just as the bills start arriving.

Moving home is the one moment energy actually demands your attention — you're handed an unfamiliar meter, an unknown supplier and a "deemed" rate nobody chose. It's also the perfect moment to start fresh with Octopus, because using a referral link drops £50 of credit onto your new account just as the bills start arriving.

Why Octopus suits people moving home

When you move into a new place you're automatically put on whatever "deemed contract" the previous supplier had running — usually one of the priciest standard rates on the market, with no choice and no welcome perks. You're free to switch away from day one, and Octopus is built for exactly this kind of clean start: take a meter reading the day you get the keys, sign up in about five minutes, and let Octopus sort the handover with the old supplier so you're never chasing a final bill. There's no engineer visit and not a second without power — the same wires and meter stay put, only the billing changes. For movers it's the lowest-friction switch there is, and starting via a referral link means your new home opens with £50 sitting in the account rather than a deemed-rate bill you didn't pick. If you're a returning Octopus customer who moved, even better — they can carry your existing account and any credit across to the new address, so you never lose what you'd built up. Octopus is also the UK's largest electricity supplier and a long-running Which? Recommended Provider, so this is a mainstream, regulated choice for a moment when you've got enough to worry about.

• Take a meter reading the moment you get the keys — it's the single most useful thing you can do, as it caps what the old supplier can bill you and gives Octopus a clean opening figure
• You're not tied to the previous occupier's supplier or their deemed rate — you can switch to Octopus from day one with no exit fees to worry about
• Switching never interrupts supply: same pipes, same wires, same meter, so there's no gap, no engineer and no cold first night
• Sign up through a referral link and £50 lands on your new account automatically about four weeks after your first Direct Debit — it stacks on top of any saving versus the deemed rate

The tariff tip

If you don't yet know your new home's usage patterns, Octopus Tracker (which follows the daily wholesale rate) or a standard variable tariff is the easy, no-lock-in starting point — and once you've settled and seen how the place behaves, you can move onto a smart tariff like Agile, or Intelligent Octopus Go if the new home comes with an EV charger.

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