Octopus Power Pack review (November 2026)
A specialist vehicle-to-grid add-on for compatible electric cars and bidirectional charging equipment.
Specialist product
Check the product terms rather than a unit rate
Octopus Power Pack is an add-on for a compatible vehicle and charger. The 0p entry in the supplier’s tariff list is not the credit a household receives, so this page does not use it as a rate or saving.
Check the current vehicle, charger, installation and contract requirements with the supplier before applying.
Read the supplier’s current product termsThe short answer
Who Octopus Power Pack is most likely to work for
Power Pack is a specialist option for a narrow group of households with compatible bidirectional EV equipment and the required export setup.
In its favour
- Uses a compatible vehicle as flexible storage
- Coordinates charging and export automatically
- Materially different from an ordinary EV charging tariff
Against it
- Strict vehicle, charger, meter and export requirements
- Supplier controls part of the vehicle schedule
- The benefit cannot be calculated from the public rate row
Read the fuller verdict and trade-offs
It should be judged from the current supplier terms and the underlying import/export tariffs. The public 0p catalogue row is not evidence of the customer benefit.
- The 0p public catalogue row is not a consumer payment rate and cannot be used to estimate a benefit.
- Vehicle, charger, meter, connection and export-permission requirements make eligibility narrower than for a normal EV tariff.
- Supplier-controlled charging and export may not suit someone who needs full manual control over when the car is charged.
- The current equipment list is exceptionally narrow and can change, so recheck the exact vehicle and charger before applying.
Tariff facts at a glance
- Current version
- Octopus Power Pack
View product code
POWER-PACK-24-02-15- How it is supplied
- Supplier terms apply
- This is an add-on rather than an electricity unit-rate tariff
Key tariff facts
- Compatible smart meter required
- Electricity tariff
- A specialist add-on: check the supplier’s eligibility and terms before relying on it
Household fit
Who Octopus Power Pack might be good for
The right answer depends on your equipment, routine and tolerance for changing prices—not just how much electricity you use.
Likely to suit
- Drivers with a specifically compatible vehicle and bidirectional charger
- Households comfortable allowing supplier-controlled charging and export
- People prepared to assess the add-on together with its underlying import and export tariffs
Less likely to suit
- Drivers whose vehicle or charger is not supported
- Households without the required smart-meter or export setup
- Anyone looking for a conventional tariff with a simple published unit rate
Before switching
Check the requirements and what will affect the result
What you need
- The currently supported combination: a V2G-enabled BYD Dolphin with a V2G-enabled Zaptec Pro
- A compatible smart meter and export setup
- Distribution-network export permission (the G99 certificate required by the supplier)
- A schedule that normally allows 12 hours plugged in each day on 20 days a month, with charging below 210 kWh a month
- A compatible underlying tariff: not Tracker, Agile import or export, or an Intelligent Octopus tariff
What drives what you earn
- The underlying import and export tariff rates
- Vehicle availability and the amount of energy Octopus can schedule
- Charging and export losses and the household electricity needed for driving
- The current Power Pack credit and equipment terms supplied by Octopus
How it works
How Octopus Power Pack sets its prices
Compatible bidirectional equipment lets Octopus control when an eligible vehicle charges from the grid and when it can send electricity back.
Read the full pricing explanation
The add-on sits alongside a compatible home import tariff. Your bill first charges all electricity, including EV charging, at the home rate; Octopus then uses charger measurements to credit back the EV-charging cost.
Existing solar or battery export continues at its usual compatible export rate. Eligibility and the EV credit depend on the supplier terms rather than the public 0p catalogue placeholder, so this review does not calculate earnings from that row.
Practical advice
Getting the most out of Octopus Power Pack
Start with compatibility
Check the exact vehicle and charger against the current supplier list before comparing possible credits.
Keep the underlying tariffs visible
Power Pack does not remove the import cost or export arrangement underneath it. Include both when judging the household result.
Match the tariff to your home
Solar, a battery and your import tariff change the answer
Export income is only one side of the decision. Electricity used at home avoids an import purchase, while storing and exporting later loses some energy in the battery.
Solar without a battery
Compare the rate paid when your panels naturally export, usually through the middle of the day. A high evening rate is less useful if you cannot move generation into it.
Solar with a battery
A battery can move export into a valuable band, but the headline spread is not profit. Allow for round-trip losses, degradation and the import cost or self-consumption value of the electricity stored.
Choose import and export together
Check whether the export tariff restricts the import tariff you can hold. Even where it does not, the best export rate can be outweighed by a poor import fit for the same home.
Alternatives
Other smart tariffs from Octopus and EDF to compare
These are other smart-tariff comparisons from the two suppliers, not a claim that every option suits the same household.
Intelligent Octopus Go
Intelligent Octopus Go manages compatible EV charging but is an import tariff.
More detail
Power Pack adds a vehicle-to-grid decision and has materially narrower equipment and export requirements.
Octopus Flux
Flux is designed around a compatible home battery and repeating import/export bands.
More detail
Power Pack is centred on a compatible vehicle and bidirectional charger.
Prime Outgoing Octopus
Prime Outgoing is a timed export tariff with visible regional band rates.
More detail
Power Pack is an add-on whose benefit is governed by separate supplier terms, not its public placeholder rate.
How to switch
Moving to Octopus Power Pack
- 1
Check the current compatibility list and terms on the official Octopus Power Pack page.
- 2
Confirm the vehicle, bidirectional charger, smart meter, export setup and any network permission before applying.
- 3
Compare the underlying import and export tariffs separately and decide whether supplier-controlled vehicle scheduling fits how the car is used.
Frequently asked questions
Is Octopus Power Pack an electricity tariff?
It is better understood as a specialist vehicle-to-grid add-on used with compatible underlying electricity arrangements. Its public catalogue row is not a normal consumer unit rate.
Does the 0p catalogue rate mean Power Pack pays nothing?
No. The 0p row is a technical placeholder and does not reconstruct the customer credit. Check the current supplier terms for how the proposition works.
What equipment does Power Pack need?
The current supplier page lists a V2G-enabled BYD Dolphin with a V2G-enabled Zaptec Pro, alongside the required smart meter, G99 export permission and usage schedule. Recheck the live list before applying.
Can Energy Review estimate the Power Pack benefit?
Not from the public 0p product row. A defensible estimate would need the current credit terms, the underlying import and export tariffs, vehicle availability and the energy scheduled in each direction.
