Octopus Energy will offer free electricity to its 1.4 million smart meter customers who can hit electricity reduction targets during peak hours.

They rang their utility company Octopus Energy to try to find out why their bills had suddenly rocketed following the installation of a smart meter a few weeks earlier.

£100 lifeline issued to British Gas, OVO, EDF, Octopus customers with smart meter A new Channel 5 show Smart Meters: Should You Get One? has explored the tech and electrical devices amid the Cost ...