Can Octopus Energy Wrap Its Arms Around North America? | Demand Flexibility & More With Eric Davids | BONUS

Octopus Energy paid its UK customers collectively over £100,000 during a recent heat wave, not through new infrastructure, but a text message and a price signal offering demand flexibility. That caught our attention.In this episode, Ed and Sara (David sits this one out) talk with Eric Davids, Head of Strategy for Octopus Energy's US business, about redefining utility-customer relationships, how approaches in the UK stack up against North American utilities' much blunter "please conserve" grid alerts, and what happens when consumers get real price exposure and it doesn't go well.🎙️ TIMESTAMPS0:50 – Episode intro1:54 – Welcome Eric Davids5:55 – What is demand flexibility?7:38 – Inside Octopus's £100K UK heat wave response9:49 – Alberta's grid alerts vs. Octopus's incentives22:09 – Guardrails against price exposure risk (Winter Storm Uri)28:19 – Is this just another hype cycle?35:43 – Equity and the energy transitionSend us a text (if you'd like a response, please include your email)Follow us on:LinkedInBlueskyX/TwitterInstagramEnergy vs Climate relies on the support of our generous listenersDonate to keep Energy vs Climate goingProduced by Bespoke Podcasts