# Octopus Energy night charging tariff

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/octopus-energy/

8 people recommended Octopus Energy night charging tariff in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a good night charging deal, a real-time API and well-run service; the most common caveat is pushing smart meters that do not function as smart meters.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-run, trusted electricity supplier (4 comments in the sample): "I’m a big fan of what they’re doing compared to a lot of our other electricity retailers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085929)) "A number of suppliers (notably Good Energy and Octopus) perform surprisingly well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790248)) "Octopus seem to have some idea what they're actually doing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915279))
- Real-time electricity API and consumption data (2 comments in the sample): "Companies like Octopus have provided things like real-time electricity APIs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915097)) "they have a proper api with 30min consumption updates" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602926))
- Night and wholesale-linked tariffs (2 comments in the sample): "decent support, incentives and new products such as tariffs that track the wholesale rate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919927)) "Octopus have a good deal for night charging, click click done." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856491))

## What people warn about

- Pushes smart meters that don't work (2 comments in the sample): "their insistence on us getting "smart" meters that can't then function as smart meters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885167)) "Octopus pressured us into getting smart meters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886037))
- Ignores solar and battery owners' needs (1 comment in the sample): "They aren't looking at temporal moves of energy either, which is a big part of Octopus energies customers who are solar and battery owners" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790743))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://octopus.energy/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Octopus Energy night charging tariff", https://hackerapproved.com/p/octopus-energy/ (8 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.