Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group)

💡 With simple incentives, we can actively match demand to abundant renewable supply - a potential win-win for reducing curtailment and bringing down bills. 👀 Watch this space for the final analysis and get in touch if you have insights to share. 🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/mobilis…

🔄 In Great Britain there was some evidence of load shifting from periods before and after the event. 💰 And survey responses showed financial incentives far outweigh environmental or civic motivations for taking part.

⚡🌬️☀️ What happens if households get free electricity when renewables are abundant? We tested this with 120,000 customers across @OctopusEnergy 🇬🇧 & @OctopusEnergyES 🇪🇸 - the results are pretty striking 🧵

👐 If you just want to get your hands on a ready-made dataset, explore 10 million synthetic smart meter profiles through our @linuxfoundation Energy OpenSynth repository: lfenergy.org/projects/opens…

👩‍💻 To help users get the most from the model and dataset, we’ve also released a new user guide within the Faraday App, covering best practices, model assumptions, and highlights of Faraday in action to inspire your own experiments. faraday.centrefornetzero.org

🕵️ Ever wondered what goes on under the hood of our generative AI model? ⚡Our model, Faraday, generates synthetic, half-hourly, household-level smart meter data that helps researchers and policymakers understand electricity demand - without compromising consumer privacy.

⚡As electrification increases and extreme weather events become more frequent, understanding how household demand responds, and how flexibility can be deployed, will be essential to winter resilience. 🔗Read the full analysis here: centrefornetzero.org/news/powering-…

Using @OctopusEnergyUS household data, we found: 1️⃣ An increase in household electricity consumption that was notable, but not unseasonable 2️⃣ Smaller and shorter-lived impacts vs. Winter Storm Uri in 2021 3️⃣ Flexibility, including pre-heating, could help manage peak system stress

🥶 How does household electricity demand respond to extreme winter temperatures? 🌨️ In our latest piece, we analysed how electricity use in Texas responded during Winter Storm Fern in January 2026 — and what that tells us about managing winter stress in ERCOT.

👉 Our @CentreNetZero and @EnergySysCat proposal for net zero building metrics can be found on our website: centrefornetzero.org/papers/net-zer… 👀 Find out more about what government has said here: gov.uk/government/con…

💡 Time to rethink building performance. 📣 UK gov has confirmed that reformed Energy Performance Certificates will include a new smart metric to capture microgeneration and flexibility. 💪 Great to see following our campaign with @EnergySysCat and our cross-industry coalition.

🇬🇧 The Warm Homes Plan is a welcome step towards smart, low-carbon tech playing a central role in home upgrades. ⚡🏠 As empirical backing for that shift, our research shows that heat pumps cut carbon ~70%, while solar + batteries can slash bills for fuel-poor households (even below zero in summer).

🚪 How can you get access to Faraday? Our model is open access. You can sign up directly by visiting faraday.centrefornetzero.org/sign_up

4️⃣ See seasonality. See how power consumption varies across the year - spring, summer, autumn and winter.

🚨 We’ve updated the app for Faraday, our open-access generative AI model for synthetic smart meter data. ❓ The latest version includes a dataset builder and a dataset explorer, leveraging the @LFE_Foundation OpenSynth repository 🚪 Want access? You can sign up directly - check out details & 🔗 in 🧵