Lower bills. Cleaner power.

Money back every month.

Britain has cheap, clean electricity at night. Most homes never see it. We use your smart devices to shift when you draw power, and pay you a share of what the grid saves. Any supplier. No switching. No new kit.

...

typical total value · earnings + bill savings

Get started, it's free 🌙 How it works
✓ Any supplier ✓ No switching ✓ Free to join ✓ Paid monthly
Your total value
See what you'd save and earn.
Go on, be nosy.

Pick your tariff and device. We'll show FlexMyPower's payment plus your estimated bill saving from smart timing.

My energy tariff
My main device
£195 FlexMyPower pays you this year
Bill saving from smart timing~£55
Total value this year~£250

Based on NESO Demand Flexibility Service winter 2024/25 results (44 events, average accepted bid £210 per megawatt-hour) · Adjusted for year-round operation, current gas market, and stacked grid revenue.

🧮 How we worked this out For the curious

Plain English version: Britain pays you to use electricity at the right times. The amount depends on how stretched the grid is, how expensive gas is, and how many ways we can earn from your home. We add all that up and pass most of it back to you.

For the energy nerds:

Baseline. Each device has a baseline figure derived from NESO's published Demand Flexibility Service winter 2024/25 results: 44 events, average accepted bid £210/MWh. We assume households retain ~60% after platform margin.

Season factor. DFS event frequency is winter-weighted. We apply a monthly multiplier from 0.70 (July to August) to 1.30 (January).

Gas price factor (currently 1.40). When wholesale gas is high, NESO calls more events and accepted bid prices rise. UK NBP front-month gas is currently ~45% above January 2026 levels following the Hormuz blockade. See Ofgem wholesale market indicators →

Revenue stack factor (currently 1.30). DFS is the floor, not the ceiling. We also stack:

  • Local grid (DNO) flexibility via Piclo Flex — paid by your local distribution network operator for help in constrained zones
  • Wholesale optimisation — your smart device dispatched around live half-hourly wholesale prices, especially when prices go negative on a windy night
  • Balancing Mechanism & Capacity Market — joins the stack from 2027 once we accede to the Elexon Balancing & Settlement Code

Worked example. EV charger on Octopus Agile in January: £285 baseline × 1.30 (January) × 1.40 (gas) × 1.30 (stack) = £675/yr. Same device on a standard variable tariff in April: £125 × 0.85 × 1.40 × 1.30 = £195/yr.

2030 projection. NESO's Clean Power 2030 plan targets 10 to 12 GW of demand flexibility, implying 4 to 5× more events per year than today.

Reviewed quarterly. Gas factor and stack factor are updated as markets and our own contracts evolve. Last review: April 2026. Full methodology in the

What about my supplier?
Stay with who you're with.
We work on top.

We're not an energy supplier. We don't touch your bill, your contract, or your direct debit. The National Grid pays us when your devices shift, and we pass that straight to you.

🔒
Locked into a fixed deal?
No problem. Our payments come from the National Grid, not your supplier. No exit fees, no switching, no disruption.
🏠
Renting?
Works for renters. No installation needed, no landlord permission. A smart meter and one compatible device is all it takes. Check smart meters → GOV.UK
From the blog  
Energy news.
Plain English.

Two posts a week. No jargon. No doom. Just what's actually moving your bill.

Sun setting over a wind farm
📅 Latest · 11 May 2026
📋 Bills · 4 min read
Sixteen days until the July cap. Sixteen days to do something about it.

Ofgem confirms the July cap on 27 May. Around £1,930 a year. Switching supplier will not save you. Here is what will.

Read article →
☀️
💨 Markets · 5 May
Yesterday made cheap electricity. Most of us missed it.
🔥
💥 Markets · 27 Apr
The wind drops at 6pm. Gas peakers clean up.
☀️
💨 Markets · 20 Apr
The sun bailed you out today. July still hasn't noticed.

Early access
📱 App coming soon. Join the waitlist and you'll be first to get access when we launch.
Right. Are you in?

Join the waitlist. We'll let you know when we're live in your area. No spam, no faff.

✓ You're on the list, talk soon.
Pilot · Summer 2026

Got a smart EV charger, home battery, heat pump or solar inverter? You can help us test before launch.

Join the pilot →
Your FlexMyPower earnings

What would we
pay you this year?

Your main device
Your energy tariff
£195 FlexMyPower pays you this year
£780 to £975 NESO projects 4–5× more events by 2030 · earnings expected to grow significantly

Based on NESO grid payment scheme winter 2024/25 (44 events, avg £210 per megawatt-hour) · Savings vs SVT at 24.7p per unit (Apr 2026 cap) · Grid 2030 projections.

I want to earn this.
Does my tariff matter?

What type of energy deal
are you on?

Don't worry if you're not sure, just pick the one that sounds most like yours. FlexMyPower works on top of all of them. Your tariff doesn't need to change. But it does affect how much you earn.

📱 Not sure which one you're on? Check your energy bill or online account. It will say something like "Standard Variable", "Fixed" with an end date, or a product name like "Agile Octopus". Still unsure? Uswitch can check in 2 minutes →
📋
Standard Variable Tariff
The most common one, what most people are on
Good earnings
Your price per unit goes up and down. Your supplier can change it. You don't have a fixed end date. FlexMyPower works perfectly on top of this. Your bill doesn't change. Our payments come on top.
🔒
Fixed Rate Tariff
You've locked in a price until a certain date
Good earnings
Your unit rate is fixed until a set end date. FlexMyPower payments come from the National Grid, not your supplier, so your fixed deal is completely untouched. No exit fees, no disruption.
🌙
Economy 7
Cheap electricity at night, more expensive in the day
Works well
You already get 7 hours of cheap electricity overnight, usually midnight to 7am. FlexMyPower shifts your devices into those cheap windows, and you earn flexibility payments on top.
🌙
Economy 10
Like Economy 7 but with 10 hours of cheap electricity
Works well
Same idea as Economy 7, but 10 hours of cheap electricity spread across the day and night. Less common, but FlexMyPower handles it the same way.
⚡
Octopus Go or Intelligent Go
A smart EV tariff with very cheap overnight charging
Great for EVs
You already get a very cheap overnight rate for your EV. On top of that, FlexMyPower earns you flexibility payments whenever the grid needs help, significantly more than most tariffs.
⭐
Octopus Agile
Prices change every 30 minutes, can even go negative
Earns the most
The price per unit changes every 30 minutes based on what's happening on the grid. At 3am when wind is blowing, it can drop to almost zero, or even go negative (the grid pays you to use electricity). FlexMyPower automatically shifts your devices into those windows. Earns up to 3x more than a standard tariff.
Not on Agile yet? Switch for free at Octopus Energy →
🌱
Green / Renewable Tariff
Your supplier matches your usage with renewable energy
Good earnings
Works just like a standard or fixed tariff for earning purposes. Using FlexMyPower makes your home even greener. Your home runs on clean electricity when there's plenty of it.
💳
Prepayment Meter
You top up credit before you use energy
Works: see note
FlexMyPower still works with a prepayment meter. But prepayment customers often pay higher unit rates than other customers. If you're able to switch, it's worth comparing, you'd likely earn more and pay less. Compare for free at Uswitch →
Whatever tariff you're on,
you can start earning.

Join the waitlist. We'll let you know the moment the app is ready.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time.

Energy Explained

How your energy bill actually works.
In plain English.

This is the stuff your supplier knows but has never told you. It is not complicated. It will take five minutes. And by the end you'll understand why FlexMyPower is a thing.

⚡ The short version
📉
Prices change hourly
Electricity is cheap at 3am, expensive at 6pm
🤫
Your supplier keeps quiet
They charge you a flat rate and pocket the difference
💷
You can get paid
Use electricity at quiet times and the grid pays you
⚡ Where does electricity come from?
Wind 28%
Gas 20%
Nuclear 18%
Solar 14%
Other 20%

Wind, solar, gas, and nuclear all feed into one big shared network. The grid has to balance supply and demand every single second. Too much electricity and the voltage spikes. Too little and the lights go out.

📈 Why do prices change so much?
3am cheap peak 6pm ⬇ cheap midnight
Typical daily electricity price pattern

Electricity is bought and sold in 30-minute slots, like a stock market for power. When everyone gets home at 6pm and puts the kettle on, prices shoot up. At 3am when the wind is blowing and nobody is awake, prices can drop to almost nothing, or even go negative (yes, that means they pay you to use it).

Your supplier doesn't tell you this because they buy electricity in bulk and charge you a flat rate. They keep the difference when prices are low. You pay the same price at 3am as at 6pm.
🏛️ What is the grid payment scheme?
🏭
NESO
(the grid)
PAYS YOU
SHIFT USAGE
🏠
Your
home

The grid payment scheme is a government-backed scheme run by NESO, the body that operates Britain's electricity grid. When the grid needs people to shift when they use electricity, it pays households directly. Last winter, 4.2 million households took part across the scheme. Most got vouchers from their supplier, FlexMyPower's goal is to get you actual cash, straight to your bank.

🔌 Why does it matter what devices I have?
🚗
EV Charger
Charges at midnight or 2am. Your car doesn't mind.
🚿
Hot Water Tank
Heats at 3am. Stays hot all day. You never notice.

Big devices like EV chargers, heat pumps, and hot water tanks are flexible about when they run, they just need to get the job done before morning. That flexibility is worth money to the grid. FlexMyPower turns that flexibility into cash for you.

🌱 The bigger picture

Wind and solar are great but unpredictable. When the wind blows hard overnight, there is often more electricity than the grid needs. The more renewables we build, the more the grid needs people to be flexible. NESO forecasts 4 to 5 times more flexibility events by 2030. The earnings available to households are going up, not down.

Using FlexMyPower doesn't just earn you money. When you shift your usage to times when wind farms are making more electricity than the country needs, you are helping the grid stay clean. Your dishwasher runs on wind power. That is actually quite nice.
Energy Explained

From the blog.

📅 Bills · 11 May 2026
Sixteen days until the July cap. Sixteen days to do something about it.
4 min read
→
☀️ Markets · 5 May 2026
Yesterday made cheap electricity. Most of us missed it.
5 min read
→
🔥 Wholesale Markets · 27 Apr 2026
The wind drops at 6pm. Gas peakers clean up.
5 min read
→
☀️ Markets · 20 Apr 2026
The sun bailed you out today. July still hasn't noticed.
4 min read
→
🚢 Markets · 13 Apr 2026
Trump blockaded Hormuz. Starmer said no thanks. Your bill noticed.
4 min read
→
🌮 Markets · 8 Apr 2026
Trump threatened to destroy a civilisation. Your bill is still going up.
4 min read
→
📊 Bills · 8 Apr 2026
Your Smart Meter Is Already Watching. Here Is How to Make It Pay.
4 min read
→
😤 Bills · 6 Apr 2026
A Smart Tariff That Requires You to Be Smarter Than the Tariff.
5 min read
→
📅 Bills · 6 Apr 2026
The July Price Cap Is Being Set Right Now. Using Today's Prices.
4 min read
→
🎉 Bills · 1 Apr 2026
Bills Down Today. Up Again In July. Happy April Fools.
4 min read
→
🐦 Markets · 31 Mar 2026
One Man's Twitter Account Is Now an Official Energy Market Signal
4 min read
→
📉 Wholesale Markets · 16 Mar 2026
Gas Is Falling. Celebrate Quietly. It Is Still Up 45% in a Month.
4 min read
→
🛢️ Global Markets · 9 Mar 2026
The IEA Released 400 Million Barrels of Emergency Oil. Prices Went Up Anyway.
4 min read
→
💣 Markets · 2 Mar 2026
You Can't Stop a War. You Can Stop Paying for One.
6 min read · 👁 2.4k views
→
🔥 Gas Markets · 23 Feb 2026
Qatar Just Turned Off Its LNG. European Gas Prices Promptly Lost the Plot.
4 min read
→
📉 Bills · 16 Feb 2026
The April Cap Is Falling! By £117! Over a Whole Year! Try Not to Faint.
3 min read
→
🏭 Storage & Supply · 9 Feb 2026
UK Gas Storage: 36% Full and Dropping. Nothing to See Here, Everything Is Fine.
4 min read
→
💨 Renewables · 2 Feb 2026
When the Wind Stops Blowing, Electricity Gets Expensive. A Lesson the Grid Learns Every February.
4 min read
→
⚡ Energy Policy · 26 Jan 2026
The UK Grid Got Rebranded and Nobody Really Noticed. We Did. Here Is Why It Matters.
3 min read
→
⚡ Tariffs · 19 Jan 2026
Agile Tariff Prices Went Negative Last Week. Your Supplier Did Not Call You. We Would Have.
4 min read
→
💸 Bills · 12 Jan 2026
You Are Paying 55p a Day Just for the Privilege of Being Connected to the Grid. Yes, Before You Use Anything.
3 min read
→
🎉 Bills · 5 Jan 2026
Happy New Year! Your Energy Bill Has Gone Up. By £3. The Audacity.
3 min read
→
📚 Explainer · Evergreen
How the energy market works. In plain English.
5 min read · Worth it
→
Compatible devices

Works with what
you already own.

No new kit. No engineer visit. If it plugs in and has the word "smart" in the manual, it probably works.

🔥 Heat Pump
£195 this year  ·  £780 to £975 by 2030

A heat pump heats your home and hot water using electricity rather than gas. The clever thing is that it can pre-heat your home in the early hours when electricity is cheap, so by the time you get up, your house is already warm and the expensive peak period has been avoided entirely. You stay comfortable, your bill goes down, and FlexMyPower pays you on top.

Popular options
Mitsubishi Ecodan
UK's best-selling heat pump · Quiet · Excellent smart controls
View →
Vaillant arotherm+
Top-rated in UK · Very quiet · Works with most heating systems
View →
🚿 Hot Water Tank (Immersion Heater)
£140 this year  ·  £560 to £700 by 2030

Got a hot water cylinder in your airing cupboard? That's a brilliant flexibility device. It's basically a giant thermos, heat the water up at 3am when electricity is cheap, and it stays hot all day. You add a smart controller, we handle the rest. Hot showers in the morning, cash in your account at the end of the month.

Smart controllers on Amazon
myenergi Eddi
Smart immersion controller · Easy to fit · Works with solar too
View →
Mixergy Smart Cylinder
Full smart hot water tank · Heats from the top down · Very efficient
View →
BEST FOR 2030
🔋 Home Battery
£280 this year  ·  £1,120 to £1,400 by 2030

A home battery charges up when electricity is cheap (or from your solar panels) and releases that power when it's expensive. It's the most flexible device on this list, it can respond to the grid instantly. If you're serious about maximising earnings, a home battery is the single best thing you can add. Costs are falling fast and the government has removed VAT on them.

Popular batteries (not sold on Amazon)
GivEnergy Home Battery
UK's most popular home battery · Expandable · Great app
View →
Tesla Powerwall
Premium option · 13.5 units · Sleek wall-mounted design
View →
EASIEST WAY TO START
🔌 Smart Plugs
£70 this year  ·  £280 to £350 by 2030

A smart plug is just a normal plug socket, but with a brain. Plug in your dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer, or any plugged-in item, and FlexMyPower can schedule it to run when electricity is cheapest. You don't earn as much as with an EV or heat pump, but it's the easiest and cheapest way to start. A single smart plug costs under £15 and takes 30 seconds to set up.

Top smart plugs on Amazon
TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug ★★★★★
~£14 · 4.6 stars · 9,000+ reviews · No hub needed · Alexa & Google
Buy →
Amazon Basics Smart Plug
Works with Alexa · Simple setup · Often on offer · UK 3-pin
View →
Tapo P304M Smart Power Strip ★★★★★
£25 · 4.7 stars · 4 sockets · Energy monitoring built in
Buy →
Controls boiler & heat pump
🌡️ Smart Thermostats
Up to £230 this year

A smart thermostat lets FlexMyPower pre-heat your home before the expensive peak period and ease back during grid events. You stay comfortable, you just earn money while doing it.

Top thermostats on Amazon
Tado Smart Thermostat V3+ ★★★★★
£83 · 4.5 stars · 1,940 reviews · Top pick for boiler & heat pump
Buy →
Hive Active Heating ★★★★★
£121 · 4.7 stars · Well-known UK brand · Easy app
Buy →
Drayton Wiser Thermostat ★★★★
£130 · 4.4 stars · 597 reviews · Good for multi-zone heating
Buy →
🚗 EV Charger
£220 this year  ·  £880 to £1,100 by 2030

An EV charger is the highest-earning single device on the list. FlexMyPower charges your car at the cheapest time overnight, you wake up to a full battery and cash in your account.

Available on Amazon
EVEC VEC01 7.4kW EV Charger ★★★★
£260 · 4.4 stars · Type 1 & 2 · Untethered · Wall mount
Buy →

Earnings estimates based on NESO scheme 2024/25 data. Amazon links marked Buy → are affiliate links. FlexMyPower earns a small commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. We only list products we believe are compatible and good value.

Got one of these?
You're already halfway there.

Join the waitlist, we'll let you know when the app is live so you can connect your device and start earning.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time.

Work with us

Built to scale
with partners.

We connect homes to the National Grid's paid energy scheme and pass the money to households. The opportunity is growing fast as more renewables come online.

~34mUK homes with smart meters
4.2mjoined the paid grid scheme last winter
10–12GWgrid flexibility target by 2030
4–5×more paid events expected by 2030
⚡
ENERGY SUPPLIERS
White-label or referral
Offer FlexMyPower to your customers as an added-value service on top of their existing tariff. We handle everything, you benefit from increased retention and a revenue share on flexibility delivered. Zero disruption to your customers' bills or contracts.
White-label or referralRevenue shareAPI or co-branded app
🏗️
SMART HOME & EV PLATFORMS
Device integration
If your platform controls EV chargers, heat pumps, or smart home devices, we can integrate directly. Your customers earn from the grid. You get a revenue share and a compelling reason to stay on your platform.
API integrationPer-customer revenueWe handle the grid scheme
🏢
HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS & DEVELOPERS
Portfolio flexibility
Got a portfolio of homes with smart meters and heat pumps? We pool the earning capacity of all your homes together and bid it as one. This earns significantly more per home than individual connections. Minimum 50 homes.
Pooled earningPer-home earnings2–4 week setup

🤝 Get in touch

We work with energy suppliers, smart home platforms, housing associations, and flexibility aggregators. If you want to discuss a commercial arrangement, email us directly.

contact@flexmypower.co.uk →
Why we exist

The UK can't keep
renting its energy.

Half the gas we burn comes from somewhere else. When a war breaks out 3,000 miles away, your bill goes up the same week. FlexMyPower exists because the way out of that is using what we already make at home, at the right times.

🚢 The UK is a net importer of energy

Britain used to produce most of the gas it burned. North Sea production peaked in 1999. By 2025 it had fallen to around 20% of that peak, and the basin is officially classified as "mature".

In 2024, half of UK gas came from imports. Some of it arrives by pipeline from Norway. The rest comes by ship as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar, the United States, and a handful of other producers. Import dependency is forecast to reach 68% by 2030.

That means our bills are tied to global events the UK has no control over. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a cold winter in Asia, a pipeline issue in Norway. All of it shows up on your direct debit within weeks.

⚡ Why your electricity bill is a gas bill in disguise

UK electricity is priced by whichever power plant runs last to meet demand. Most of the time, that plant is a gas-fired one. Even when the grid is mostly running on wind, solar, and nuclear, the price is set by the most expensive thing on the system. This is called marginal pricing and it is how most electricity markets in Europe work.

Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit found gas set the wholesale electricity price around 85% of the time in 2024, despite gas providing only about a third of actual generation.

Which is why a gas crisis abroad becomes an electricity crisis at home, even though most of our electricity isn't gas anymore. That gap, between how the UK actually generates power and how it prices it, is the whole reason demand flexibility is worth real money.

💨 We already make a lot of cheap, clean energy. We just waste it

The UK has world-class wind resources. On a windy night the country can be running on more than half wind. Solar climbs every summer. Nuclear runs steadily in the background. In 2024, wind became Britain's largest single electricity source.

The problem is timing. Wind blows hardest at night when most people are asleep. Solar peaks at midday when most people are at work. Demand peaks at 6pm when everyone gets home and turns the kettle on.

When wind production exceeds what the grid can carry south, we pay wind farms to switch off and pay gas plants to switch on instead. In 2024 these constraint costs totalled around £1.23 billion. In 2025 they rose to £1.46 billion. That is energy we paid for and threw away.

🏠 The fix is in your home

If a few million UK homes shifted their EV charging, hot water heating, and battery cycling into the windy overnight hours, the grid would need much less imported gas to cover the evening peak.

Less imported gas means lower bills, less exposure to wars and blockades, and more of the wind we already paid for actually getting used.

NESO, the body that runs the grid, agrees. It has set a target of 10 to 12 gigawatts of demand flexibility by 2030. That is roughly the output of 12 nuclear power stations, delivered for free, just by households running their devices at slightly better times.

💷 The grid will pay you to be part of the solution

NESO already runs a scheme called the Demand Flexibility Service that pays households to shift their electricity use during stress events. Last winter 4.2 million homes took part. Most got vouchers from their supplier.

FlexMyPower connects your home to that scheme directly. You do not switch supplier. You do not change your tariff. We handle the dispatching automatically, and the money lands in your bank account every month as cash.

Every household that joins makes the UK a tiny bit less dependent on imported gas. And makes their own bill a bit less dependent on what happens in the Gulf, the Atlantic, or a Norwegian pipeline.

📨 Get in touch

For partnerships, press, or anything else: contact@flexmypower.co.uk

How we operate

A serious aggregator,
built to industry standards.

FlexMyPower runs as a UK consumer flexibility aggregator under the regulatory framework set by Ofgem, NESO, and Elexon. We are pre-launch. The platform is operational. Real households join from October 2026.

📍 Where we are right now

The platform is fully built. Smart device integration via Enode is live in sandbox. The settlement, dispatch, and earnings calculation logic runs end to end. We are testing with simulated households before onboarding real ones.

From October 2026 we begin paid operation, in time for the second year of NESO's Demand Flexibility Service.

💷 Markets we will dispatch into

Demand Flexibility Service (DFS). Live from Oct 2026. Run by NESO. Households earn for shifting electricity use during stress events. We participate via a registered Virtual Lead Party (VLP).

Local flexibility (DNO). Live from Oct 2026. We bid into postcode-level flexibility tenders run by your local Distribution Network Operator. Stacks on top of DFS earnings, mediated through Piclo Flex.

Wholesale optimisation. Live from Oct 2026. Smart-tariff households get their devices dispatched around live half-hourly wholesale prices. Especially valuable when prices go negative on a windy night.

Balancing Mechanism & Capacity Market. 2027 onwards. Requires Elexon Balancing & Settlement Code accession (BSC), which we are scoping. Will add a third revenue stream once household fleet size justifies the operational overhead.

🏛️ Regulatory framework

BSC Modifications P415 and P483. P415 (approved by Ofgem in October 2023, live November 2024) opened the wholesale market to Virtual Lead Parties, so aggregators can trade household flexibility without involving the supplier. P483 (approved August 2025) is the piece that unlocked it for normal households. It removed the requirement that customers be half-hourly settled, which previously kept the door shut on the 97% of homes that are not. Together they make "any tariff, any supplier" actually work.

Ofgem flexibility licence. The new flexibility licence framework is being rolled out by Ofgem from 2026 to 2027. We will apply by the end of 2026 with the goal of being fully licensed before any mandatory deadline.

ICO registration. We process household data (smart meter readings, device telemetry) and are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR.

NESO Performance Standards. All dispatched flexibility settles against NESO's Code of Connection and DFS Performance Standards. We measure baseline, dispatch, and reduction against the published methodology and submit settlement data through the standard NESO process.

🔧 Technical stack

Device integration. Powered by Enode. Direct API integration with Ohme, Tesla, Zappi, GivEnergy, Tado, Hive, and 50+ other UK smart-home brands.

Smart meter data. Half-hourly meter readings via the n3rgy DCC consented data service. Used for baseline calculation and event verification.

Virtual Lead Party. We participate in DFS through a partner VLP relationship. This is how we dispatch households into NESO's market and settle revenue.

Backend. Postgres database (Supabase), Edge Function compute, real-time event ingestion, audit-logged dispatch decisions, GDPR-compliant consent ledger.

💰 How money flows

NESO and DNOs settle revenue with the registered market participant after each event window closes. We reconcile settlement against household-level dispatch records and split the revenue. Households receive their share by bank transfer monthly.

Households keep approximately 60% of gross settlement. The remaining 40% covers VLP fees, platform operations, customer support, and our margin. Full breakdown is in the .

No fees are ever charged to the household. If you don't earn, we don't earn.

🤝 Industry partnerships

We work with energy suppliers, smart-home platforms, and housing associations. For commercial partnership enquiries: partnerships@flexmypower.co.uk

Bills · 12 Jan 2026

You pay 55p a day before
you use a single thing.

There's a charge on your energy bill that has nothing to do with how much energy you use. It's called the standing charge. It's been going up every year.

Standing charge £328/yr Energy you use ~£1,430/yr What makes up your annual bill

Almost £330 of your bill is just for being connected. before you use anything

📋 What is a standing charge?

It is a daily fee charged by your energy supplier just for being connected to the grid.

Gas and electricity each have their own standing charge. Combined, most homes pay around 89p a day.

That adds up to about £328 a year. before you boil a single kettle.

📈 Have they always been this high?

No. Standing charges have gone up over 60% since 2021.

Energy companies say it covers the cost of maintaining pipes and wires. Critics say it hits people who use less energy hardest.

There is some pressure on Ofgem to reform this. It is moving slowly.

💡 Can you avoid it?

Unfortunately no. everyone connected to the grid pays it.

What you can do is earn money back from your usage, which effectively offsets the standing charge.

A typical FlexMyPower household with an EV and a heat pump earns £415 to £935 a year. That covers the standing charge with plenty left over.

Tariffs · 19 Jan 2026

Last week, electricity prices
went below zero.

On a windy Tuesday night, the grid had too much electricity and not enough people using it. So it started paying people to use more. Most people were asleep.

0p/unit BELOW ZERO grid pays you midnight 6am

Agile electricity prices dipping below zero. the grid paying people to use electricity

⚡ How does electricity go below zero?

Wind farms cannot simply be switched off when there is too much power.

So when the wind is blowing hard and demand is low, the grid ends up with more electricity than it needs.

To balance things out, it starts paying people to use electricity instead of charging them for it.

💰 Who gets paid?

Anyone on an energy deal where prices move with the market. like Octopus Agile.

These customers saw their electricity actually earn them money for a few hours.

Most people on standard or fixed price energy deals missed it entirely. their price never changes.

🔌 How do you catch these moments?

You need a smart device that can act automatically. An EV charger, a home battery, or a smart hot water tank.

FlexMyPower spots these windows and runs your devices then. so you earn money while you sleep.

You don't need to do anything. That is rather the point.

Energy Policy · 26 Jan 2026

The organisation that runs
the grid got a new name.

The government quietly renamed the body that controls UK electricity in October 2024. It used to be called National Grid ESO. Now it's called NESO. Same people, same control room, different logo.

National Grid ESO nationalgrideso.com ☠️ → NESO neso.energy ✓

Same organisation that runs UK electricity. just publicly owned now

🏛️ Why did they rename it?

The government bought the electricity organisation that runs electricity from National Grid for £630 million and brought it into public ownership.

The idea is that the people controlling the national grid should work for the country, not for shareholders.

France has done this for decades with EDF. The UK is now doing something similar for the grid operator, if not the suppliers.

💡 Why does this matter to you?

NESO runs the scheme that pays households for flexibility. the thing FlexMyPower connects you to.

All the old National Grid ESO links are now dead. Any bookmarks or information pointing to the old site will be out of date.

We updated everything immediately. Some other sites have not.

Renewables · 2 Feb 2026

The wind stopped blowing.
Your bill felt it.

January 2026 had one of the longest calm weather spells in years. Wind turbines barely moved. The grid had to fall back on expensive gas power stations instead.

prices spike

When wind drops, gas fires up. and prices rise immediately

🌬️ What is a wind drought?

A wind drought is a period of unusually calm weather when wind turbines barely generate any electricity.

Britain gets about 28% of its electricity from wind on average. When that drops to near zero, something else has to fill the gap.

That something is almost always gas-fired power stations. which are much more expensive to run.

💡 What does this mean for your bill?

Electricity prices on the open market spike during wind droughts. Suppliers buy electricity on the open market, so their costs go up.

If you are on a flexible energy tariff, you might notice higher prices per unit during these periods.

If you are on a fixed price energy deal, you are shielded. until your fix expires and you renew at a higher rate.

🔋 This is why flexibility matters.

The more people can shift when they use power, the less the grid needs expensive gas stations to fill the gaps.

When you use FlexMyPower, your devices automatically move to cheaper, cleaner windows.

You earn money for helping. The grid gets more stable. Less gas gets burned.

Storage & Supply · 9 Feb 2026

UK gas storage is 36% full.
That is not great.

European gas storage heading into spring 2026 was well below normal levels. The UK stores very little gas compared to other countries. which makes low storage a bigger problem here.

36% full 2025 52% 2026 36%

Gas storage Feb 2026 vs Feb 2025. significantly lower buffer

🏭 Does the UK actually store gas?

Yes. but not much. The UK has very limited underground gas storage compared to Germany or France.

The main storage site is Rough, off the Yorkshire coast. It can hold about 2% of annual UK gas demand.

Compare that to Germany, which stores enough gas for several months. When something goes wrong, the UK has less cushion.

📉 What does low storage mean for prices?

When storage is low, any supply disruption. a cold snap, a gas pipeline issue, a world event shock. hits prices faster.

Traders know there is no big buffer, so they bid prices up earlier.

Low storage heading into the Iran conflict in early 2026 meant prices rose faster and higher than they might otherwise have done.

Bills · 16 Feb 2026

The energy cap is falling.
By 32p a day.

Ofgem announced on 25 February that the April 2026 price cap would drop to £1,641. That saves the average household about £117 a year. Which sounds good. Here's why it's complicated.

£1,758 £1,641 Apr 2026 −£117/yr

The cap drops by £117 a year. but was still very high to begin with

📉 Why is the cap falling?

Most of the saving comes from the government removing green energy charges from bills. not from energy prices on the open market coming down.

Gas prices on the open market were actually rising in February when this announcement was made.

Three days after Ofgem announced the drop, the Iran conflict escalated and energy prices on the open market shot up again.

⚠️ What is the catch?

The July 2026 cap. set using prices from March and April. is forecast to be higher than April's.

So the cap falls in April, then likely rises again in July.

The celebration may have been premature. 32p a day less for three months, then potentially back up.

💡 What actually helps?

Earning from your energy use rather than just trying to reduce it.

FlexMyPower pays you for using electricity at the right times. the same times the grid saves money.

Most households earn back more than the cap saving every year, and it compounds as the scheme grows.

Gas Markets · 23 Feb 2026

Qatar switched off its gas.
Europe noticed immediately.

Qatar supplies about a fifth of the world's liquefied natural gas. When Iranian drone attacks disrupted Gulf shipping in late February, Qatar halted operations. European gas prices doubled in days.

🇶🇦 gas stopped +40% price 🇬🇧 more expensive 🇩🇪🇫🇷 same hit

One supply disruption in the Gulf. felt immediately across Europe

🛢️ How does Qatar affect a UK gas bill?

The UK imports a lot of its gas as gas shipped in by tanker.

Qatar is one of the biggest liquefied gas exporters in the world. When its production stops, the global price of liquefied gas goes up.

Higher global prices feed through to UK energy prices on the open market within days, not months.

🌍 Why is the UK so exposed?

Unlike continental Europe, the UK cannot import gas through gas pipelines from Russia or North Africa as a backstop.

We rely heavily on imported liquid gas from ships and North Sea production. Both are limited and price-sensitive.

This is one reason why demand flexibility. using less when prices spike. is worth real money.

Markets · 2 Mar 2026

You can't stop a war.
You can stop paying for one.

On 28 February, US and Israeli forces struck Iran. Oil hit $100 a barrel. Gas followed. Here is what it means for your energy bill and what you can actually do about it.

28 Feb Iran strike $100+ oil Jan 2026 Mar 2026

Oil spiked past $100 within days. UK gas prices followed

💥 What happened?

US and Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities disrupted about 20% of global oil supply around the world.

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel that most Middle East oil passes through, became extremely risky to navigate.

Traders priced in the disruption immediately. Oil hit $100. Gas, which is priced alongside oil in many contracts, followed.

🇬🇧 What does this mean for UK households?

Higher gas prices on the open market feed through to your bill at the next price cap update.

The April cap had just been announced as lower. The July cap is now forecast to be higher.

For people on flexible energy tariffs, the impact is more immediate. your price per unit can change quarterly.

💡 What can you actually do?

You cannot control world events. But you can make your home less exposed to volatile gas prices.

The best way to do that is to use less gas at peak times. and earn money from electricity flexibility instead.

When gas prices are high, the grid pays more for shifting when you use power. FlexMyPower earns more for you exactly when prices are worst.

Global Markets · 9 Mar 2026

A group of major countries released 400 million barrels.
Prices went up anyway.

On 11 March, the International Energy Agency coordinated the largest emergency oil stockpile release ever. Prices fell briefly, then rose again. Because the underlying problem had not been fixed.

this group release still up Feb 2026 Mar 2026

Emergency reserves released. prices barely moved

🛢️ What are emergency oil stockpiles?

Every major country keeps a secret stockpile of oil for emergencies. wars, natural disasters, supply shocks.

A group of major countries coordinates these releases when a crisis threatens to drive prices so high it damages the global economy.

400 million barrels sounds enormous. The Strait of Hormuz moves 15 million barrels every single day.

🤔 Why did it not work?

Because releasing oil from storage does not fix a disrupted supply route.

The Strait of Hormuz was still dangerous. Gas and oil ships were still avoiding it. The fundamental problem was unchanged.

Markets understood that the stockpile release bought time. not a solution. Prices dipped briefly, then climbed back.

💡 What does this mean for your bill?

It means world events are very hard to control with policy tools once they have started.

The best protection against volatile energy prices is to reduce your exposure to the open market.

Flexibility earns most when prices are highest. which is exactly when world event crises are happening.

Markets · 16 Mar 2026

Gas prices are falling.
Quietly celebrate.

Three days of falling gas prices. UK prices dropped from over 100p per unit of gas to around 73p. That is still 33% above pre-conflict levels. Put the party poppers back in the drawer.

~55p pre-conflict 100p+ 73p now

Falling. but still far above where prices were before the conflict

📉 Why are prices falling?

Two things. First, reports of unofficial talks between the US and Iran gave markets something to be cautiously optimistic about.

Second, temperatures across northwest Europe are forecast to be milder in late March. less heating demand means less gas needed.

Also, Trump briefly temporarily allowed on some Iranian oil gas and oil ships, easing supply slightly.

⚠️ Why should you not celebrate too much?

73p per unit of gas is still 33% above the 55p level before the conflict started.

Markets remain extremely sensitive to social media posts and world news. One tweet moved oil 7% last week.

The July price cap. set using March and April energy prices on the open market. is currently forecast to be higher than April's.

💡 The one thing you can control

You cannot control gas prices. You cannot control world events.

But you can make your home earn money from energy markets. rather than just pay into them.

FlexMyPower pays you the most exactly when gas prices are highest, because that is when grid flexibility is worth the most.

⚡
Hoesna M.
Energy trader and founder, FlexMyPower
31 Mar 2026
Markets · 31 Mar 2026

A man posts on his phone.
Your bill goes up.

Oil is up 55% in a month. Not because we found less of it. Not because we started using more of it. Mostly because of what one person has been posting on social media. And yes. It affects your energy bill.

🤔 First things first. What is Truth Social?

Truth Social is Donald Trump's version of Twitter. He built it after getting banned from the real Twitter. He posts on it constantly. Usually in capital letters. Usually at 6am.

Normally this would not matter. Annoying, maybe. But fine.

The problem is that Trump also controls the US military. So when he posts about a war, oil traders worldwide read it and immediately buy or sell billions of pounds worth of oil. The price moves within seconds. That price eventually lands on your energy bill.

How a post on a phone becomes a bill through your door
📱
Trump posts something about Iran
Could be a threat. Could be a peace deal. Could be both on the same morning.
↓
📈
Oil traders worldwide read it. Immediately.
Thousands of traders buy or sell oil futures within seconds. Billions change hands. The oil price jumps or crashes.
↓
⛽
UK gas prices follow oil prices
In the UK, electricity is priced by gas. Gas is priced by oil. Oil is priced by the post. That is genuinely how this works.
↓
📊
Ofgem uses these prices to set your cap
Every quarter, Ofgem averages out what gas cost recently. March and April prices go directly into the July cap. Right now. This week.
↓
💸
Your bill goes up in July
Current forecast: £1,641 now. Around £1,800 from July. A £159 annual rise. Caused, in part, by posts on a phone.
The posts. The prices. What actually happened.
Brent crude oil ($/barrel) with Truth Social posts marked
$70 $90 $110 $130 $100 line 8 Mar $116 ▲ 9 Mar $91 ▼ 23 Mar $112 after $99 30 Mar $113 28 Feb 31 Mar
Price up after post
Price dropped after post
8 March 2026 Oil hit $116 that day
Truth Social post

"Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!"

The message: relax, it will all be fine. Oil responded by briefly hitting $120 a barrel. The last time it was that high was Russia invading Ukraine in 2022.

CNN Business →
9 March 2026 Oil dropped $13 in hours
Phone call to CBS News. From a golf course.

"I think the war is very complete, pretty much... Iran has no navy, no communications, they've got no air force."

Oil fell from $104 to $91 immediately. Traders thought it was over. It was not over. Three weeks later oil was higher than before that call.

Fortune →
23 March 2026. 7:05am. Oil fell 13% in minutes
Truth Social post

"I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS..."

Brent fell from $112 to $99. 13 million barrels traded in 60 seconds. Iran then said publicly there were no conversations. Prices went straight back up.

⚠ The suspicious part

Bloomberg found 6 million barrels of oil futures were sold in the two minutes before the post. Normal volume at that time is 700,000 barrels. Someone sold 8 times the usual amount just before oil crashed. A separate $500 million bet was placed before another Trump announcement. Both are under investigation.

Bloomberg →
30 March 2026. This week. Oil back above $113
Truth Social post

"...blowing up and completely obliterating electricity plants, oil facilities and possibly desalination infrastructure..."

Oil is up 55% in March. Its biggest monthly rise since the Gulf War in 1990. The April 6 deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is in 6 days.

CNN →
Why does this affect UK bills?
The Strait of Hormuz. A 21-mile gap. 20% of world oil.
IRAN Controls the entire northern shore 🚫 CLOSED TO TANKERS 🚢 🚢 🚢 🚢 STRAIT OF HORMUZ Oman 20% of world oil and gas passes through here every day. Iran has effectively closed it since 28 Feb.

The UK imports very little oil directly from the Middle East. But energy is sold on a global market. When 20% of world supply disappears, prices go up everywhere. Including here. Within hours.

On 4 March, Qatar declared force majeure and halted gas shipments to Europe. Qatar is one of the UK's main gas suppliers. UK wholesale gas is now up 88% in 30 days.

The Bank of England cancelled its planned interest rate cut on 19 March. It now expects inflation at 3 to 3.5% for summer 2026. Up from 2% before the war started. House of Commons Library →

Your annual energy bill. Before and after all this.
£1,758
Jan 2026
£1,641
Apr 2026
good 🟢
~£1,800
Jul forecast
🟥 up

Ofgem (actual) · Cornwall Insight forecast (July 2026)

💡 The bit you can actually do something about

You cannot stop the war. You cannot fix the Strait of Hormuz. You cannot make Trump put his phone down.

What you can do is make your home earn money from the grid. The National Grid pays households to shift when they use electricity. The higher prices go, the more it pays. FlexMyPower connects your smart devices to that scheme automatically.

Our estimated earnings for 2026 have already gone up because of the current market. The worse it gets out there, the better the payment. Not ideal. But it is something.

Bills · 1 Apr 2026

Bills Down Today.
Up Again In July.
Happy April Fools.

Today your energy bill went down. By £117 a year. That is about £10 a month. The headlines are calling it good news. It is good news. But there is a catch.

Cap today
£1,641
Down £117 from Jan
July forecast
£1,972
Up £331 from April
Annual energy bill, typical UK home
£2.2k £1.7k £1k Apr 25 Jul Oct Jan 26 Today Jul* £1,641 £1,972

*July 2026 is a Cornwall Insight forecast. Ofgem confirms 27 May.

✅ Bills actually went down today?

Yes. The price cap dropped 7% on 1 April 2026.

A typical home now pays £1,641 a year for gas and electricity. That is £117 less than January.

Most of the saving came from the government removing green levies from bills and funding them through general taxation instead.

Where the £117 saving comes from
Green levies moved to tax +£134
Wholesale gas prices fell +£38
Network upgrade costs added -£66
Net saving £117 / year
What £10 a month actually buys you
☕
3 coffees
at £3.50 each
🎬
Half a Netflix
standard plan
🥐
5 pastries
from a nice bakery

The saving is real. Just keep it in perspective.

😬 So what is the catch?

July is coming.

The July cap is forecast at £1,972. That is £331 more than today. In a single quarter.

It would wipe out every penny of today's saving and add another £214 on top. Bills would be back above where they were in January.

After three months of everyone thinking things were getting better.

How far we still are from normal
Pre-2022
~£1,000
Today
£1,641
Jul forecast
£1,972

Bills are still nearly double what they were before the energy crisis.

📌 Why is it called a cap if it keeps moving?

The price cap does not cap your total bill. It caps the rate you pay per unit of gas and electricity.

And that rate changes every three months based on what is happening in the wholesale energy market right now. Which means July's number is largely already baked in by what gas costs today.

Ofgem confirms the July figure on 27 May. But markets are pricing it in already.

July bill vs July bill with FlexMyPower
£1,972
Standard
July cap
~£1,672
-£300 earned back
With
FlexMyPower

Based on a home with an EV charger and smart thermostat. Results vary.

💡 What can you actually do about it?

You cannot control what the cap does. But you can earn money back from the grid.

The National Grid pays households to cut back during peak hours. It is called Demand Flexibility. Most people have never heard of it.

FlexMyPower connects your home to those payments. No switching supplier. No changing tariff. Cash every month.

A typical home with an EV and a heat pump earns £415 to £935 a year. Enough to turn July from a shock into something you can absorb.

This is not an April Fools. The cap really did go down today. July really is forecast to go back up. And the grid really does pay you cash to cut back. Join the waitlist. It takes 30 seconds.

Bills · 11 May 2026

Sixteen days until the July cap.
Sixteen days to do something about it.

Ofgem confirms the new energy price cap on 27 May. The number is already essentially set. Current forecasts put it around £1,930 a year. That is roughly £290 above today. Switching supplier will not save you. Here is what will.

UK price cap, £ per year APR (now) £1,640 JUL (proj) £1,930 Feb to Mar window already closed used to set the cap TODAY

The July cap was calculated using Feb to Mar wholesale prices. That window is closed. What happens now does not change the July number.

📋 Why the July number is already set

Ofgem does not pluck the cap out of the air. It averages wholesale gas and electricity prices across a fixed window before each new cap period.

For the July cap, that window was February and March. It is closed. Whatever gas does today, tomorrow, or next week, the July number is locked in. The only thing left is the official confirmation on 27 May.

The April fall in gas prices does not help you in July. It might help in October.

🚢 What dragged the number up

Two things, mostly. The Strait of Hormuz blockade in March pushed gas futures sharply higher across the whole quarter. And a colder than expected end to winter kept storage draws elevated into the calculation window.

Britain imports about 50% of its gas. When global prices spike, the cap does too, with a one quarter delay. The lag is the only reason your April bill is not £1,930 already.

💷 Switching supplier does not work here

Every supplier sells you electricity at the cap. They have to. The cap is the ceiling, not the floor.

Switching tariff inside one supplier can shift the timing of when you pay, but the total bill barely changes. The market does not have a £290 hiding spot you can move to.

The only real lever is to use less power at peak. That is not a slogan. That is the actual mechanism that makes wholesale prices lower, which is what eventually feeds into the cap two quarters out.

🔌 What sixteen days is enough for

It is not enough time to undo the July cap. That ship sailed in March.

It is enough time to get your name on a list. Pilot sign-up takes 30 seconds. No payment yet, no commitment, no switching. When the October Demand Flexibility Service kicks off, we start paying you back a chunk of what the cap takes.

A household with an EV charger and a heat pump is looking at £415 to £935 of total value across the year. That is grid earnings plus bill savings from smart timing. For most households, that covers the July rise and more.

Sixteen days until the cap is confirmed. Five months until the grid starts paying you back. Join the waitlist now and you are in for October. Cost: nothing.

Markets · 5 May 2026

Yesterday made cheap electricity.
Most of us missed it.

May Bank Holiday Monday. Factories quiet. Offices dark. Solar generating all afternoon. UK wholesale electricity prices went negative for two hours around lunchtime. The grid was paying people to use power. Then 7pm happened. Here is why bank holidays are quietly the best days for households to earn from the grid.

Wholesale price, 4 May, £/MWh £60 £0 NEGATIVE 11am to 1pm EVENING PEAK £280/MWh 6am 2pm 10pm

Bank Holiday Monday wholesale prices, May 2026. Negative at lunchtime, ten times higher by 7pm.

🏭 Why bank holidays are weird for the grid

Industrial demand on a UK working day is roughly a third of total electricity use. Factories, large offices, and warehouses all draw heavily during business hours.

Switch that off and only households are left. Households consume about the same on a bank holiday as a normal day, so total demand drops sharply during the daytime, especially mid morning to mid afternoon.

Meanwhile generation does not pause. Solar farms keep generating. Wind keeps turning. Nuclear keeps running flat out. The grid is suddenly carrying more supply than demand can absorb.

☀️ What happened yesterday

It was sunny. Solar output peaked above 9GW around 1pm. Wind was steady. Demand was already low because of the bank holiday. The result: wholesale prices went negative between 11am and 1pm.

Negative prices mean generators were paying the grid to take their electricity. Big batteries soaked some of it up. A bit was exported to France. Most was simply curtailed. Wind farms got switched off because the market did not want their power.

If your EV had been plugged in and charging at noon, you were charging for free. Possibly better than free.

🌃 Then 7pm happened

Everyone got home. Kettles, ovens, TVs, EV chargers all came on. The sun went down. Solar disappeared inside an hour. Gas peakers fired up to fill the gap.

Wholesale prices hit £280 per MWh at the evening peak, ten times higher than the noon trough. Same day. Same grid.

If your EV charged at 7pm instead of 1pm, you paid roughly ten times more for the same kilowatt-hour.

📅 Eight bank holidays a year. Plus weekends.

England has eight bank holidays a year. Scotland has nine. Northern Ireland has ten. Add 104 weekend days. Almost a third of the year is a non-working day where industrial demand drops and price patterns swing wider.

Industrial flexibility traders have known this for years. They get paid handsomely for shifting load to take advantage of it. Until recently, households were not allowed in. That changed in August 2025 with rule update P483.

If you have an EV, a battery, a heat pump, or a hot water tank, you now have the same access industrial users have always had. The grid does not care that your kit is at home rather than on a factory floor.

Most people noticed the bank holiday because the bins did not get collected. They did not notice the negative wholesale prices because nobody pointed them out. Your appliances should be working bank holidays. You should not.

Wholesale Markets · 27 Apr 2026

The wind drops at 6pm.
Gas peakers clean up.

A gas peaker is a small, fast, dirty power station that fires up when the grid needs power right now. Britain has about 12GW of them. They run for around 200 days a year. They set the wholesale price in over 90% of half-hour periods last winter. That is not a typo.

UK generation mix, typical winter evening Wind Demand GAS PEAKER 6pm 3pm 9pm

When wind drops at evening peak, a gas peaker fills the gap. And because that peaker is the most expensive thing running, it sets the price everyone else gets paid.

🔥 What is a gas peaker, in plain English

A peaker is a power station designed to switch on quickly when the grid needs more electricity than its main generators are producing. Most UK peakers are open-cycle gas turbines. They are loud, small, and built for speed not efficiency.

A normal gas power station might take six hours to ramp up. A peaker can be at full output in 15 minutes. That speed is the point. It is also why they are expensive to run.

There are about 200 peaker sites scattered across the UK. Most sit empty most of the time. They get paid through the Capacity Market just for being available, and again through wholesale prices when they actually fire.

⏰ When they fire

Three situations, almost always.

One. Evening peak when wind is low. 5pm to 8pm on a still day in winter is the textbook example. Demand is rising, the sun has set, wind output is weak, and the grid scrambles for fast generators.

Two. Sudden plant trips. A nuclear unit drops offline unexpectedly. A subsea cable to France goes down. Peakers fill the hole within minutes.

Three. Cold snaps. When everyone turns the heating up at the same time, all the slow generators are already flat out. Peakers handle the marginal load.

💸 Why they set your bill

The UK wholesale electricity market uses marginal pricing. Every generator running in a given half-hour gets paid the same price, and that price is set by the most expensive generator the grid needed to switch on to meet demand.

For most evening peaks, that most expensive generator is a gas peaker. Even though wind and solar produced electricity for almost nothing, they get paid the peaker price too. So does nuclear. So does everything else running at that moment.

Last winter, gas plants set the wholesale price in over 90% of settlement periods, despite generating only about 40% of the electricity. That is the bit that ends up in your price cap.

🔌 What demand flexibility does about it

Every kilowatt of demand that gets shifted away from evening peak is a kilowatt the grid does not need a peaker to produce. Enough households shifting at once, and the grid does not need to fire the most expensive peaker at all.

That changes the marginal price for everyone in that half-hour. Lower peaker firing means lower wholesale prices means lower caps two quarters later. The mechanism is direct.

National Grid pays households for doing it. Cash, into your account. Any tariff, any supplier. The grid has been paying industrial users for this for over a decade. Households can finally play.

Gas peakers do not disappear because we want them to. They fire less when there is less demand at peak. Move your EV charging, your hot water, your dishwasher off the 5pm to 8pm window. The grid pays you. The peaker stays quiet. Your July cap eventually does too.

Markets · 20 Apr 2026

The sun bailed you out today.
July still hasn't noticed.

UK gas prices fell today despite the US naval blockade of Iran being live. Warm weather is running the show. That is nice. Your July bill will still go up. Here is why.

🌞 UK 5°C above seasonal average Gas price (pence/therm) today JULY CAP ALREADY SET

Gas prices fell on warm weather. The July cap was calculated in March. It does not get a rerun.

☀️ Why did gas prices fall today?

The UK is currently running 5°C above the seasonal average. So is most of north west Europe. When it is warm, nobody is turning their heating on. Gas demand drops. Prices drop with it.

On top of that, UK wind generation has been strong, and solar output is climbing with the longer days. The grid has enough electricity without needing much extra gas.

That is the good news. Enjoy the spring.

🚢 The bad news is still sitting in Hormuz

The US naval blockade of Iranian ports is live. Roughly one fifth of the world's liquefied gas normally flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar is the big one. When that supply is under threat, everybody else scrambles, and prices rise across the board.

Traders have not forgotten about this. They are just distracted by the weather. If temperatures drop or the blockade escalates, prices will jump again.

The forward curve for winter 2026 is already sharply higher than last year. The market is telling you what it expects.

📋 Here is the trick with the July cap

Ofgem calculates the July price cap using wholesale gas prices from February and March. Those were the war-panic months. Prices were elevated.

That calculation window has closed. It is done. Whatever happens to gas prices now does not change what lands on your July bill.

Ofgem confirms the number on 27 May. The current forecast is around £1,930 per year. That is £290 above today.

💡 What you can actually do

You cannot reverse the July cap. It is already baked in. What you can do is earn back a chunk of it from the grid.

When wholesale prices are high, the National Grid pays more for households willing to shift when they use electricity. The worse the market gets, the more flexibility is worth.

A household with an EV charger and a heat pump is looking at around £415 to £935 of total value this year. That is cash to your account plus bill savings from smart timing. For most households that covers the July cap rise and more.

The weather will turn eventually. The blockade will not resolve neatly. July is locked in. Join the waitlist before the 27 May announcement, because that is the day everyone else wakes up.

Markets · 13 Apr 2026

Trump blockaded Hormuz.
Starmer said no thanks. Your bill noticed.

The US Navy started physically stopping ships to and from Iran this morning. UK wholesale gas jumped 12% in a day. The Prime Minister publicly declined to help. Here is what that actually means for you.

UK wholesale gas (NBP, pence/therm) +12% 13 Apr 11 Apr

NBP front-month gas jumped from 109p to 122p on the blockade news. 18-month high.

🚢 What a blockade actually means

The US Navy is now physically stopping ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports. This started at 10am ET on Monday 13 April. Only Iranian-bound vessels are affected, in theory. In practice, every tanker captain in the Gulf is working out whether to pay the extra insurance, take the long route, or wait.

The Strait of Hormuz carries about 20% of global liquefied gas and roughly a fifth of global oil. You cannot add friction to that much traffic without prices moving.

Gas prices moved within minutes of the announcement. UK wholesale gas ended the day up about 12%.

🇬🇧 Why the UK publicly walked away

Speaking on BBC Radio on Monday morning, Keir Starmer said "we are not supporting the blockade" and that the UK "is not getting dragged in". That is unusually direct language for a UK government response to an American military action.

France, Spain, Turkey and China said similar things. The blockade is a US operation, alone.

The UK position matters because the UK imports a lot of liquefied gas from Qatar, which ships it through Hormuz. When your gas supply is sitting behind a US Navy cordon, you want to be on good terms with everyone involved, and definitely not seen as part of the cordon.

💷 Your bill gets the message

Here is the brutal part. Gas prices from March and early April feed into the July price cap calculation. That window is closed. Monday's 12% jump directly makes your July bill worse.

The forecast for July was already around £1,930 a year. That number has now drifted upward as the wholesale input data got uglier.

Ofgem confirms the July cap on 27 May. Nothing that happens between now and then makes that calculation better.

💡 The thing you can actually control

You cannot lift a blockade. You cannot change what Trump does on Truth Social on a Sunday night. You cannot change the calculation window Ofgem uses.

What you can do is connect your home to the part of the grid that pays more the worse things get. When wholesale gas is up 12% in a day, the value of shifting your demand goes up with it. FlexMyPower is the bit that does that for your house.

A typical household with an EV charger and a heat pump is looking at £415 to £935 this year. That number ticks up when the market gets worse.

The UK Government walked away from the blockade. The price cap calculation did not. Join the waitlist, connect a device, and at least some of July lands in your account instead.

Markets · 6 Apr 2026

The July price cap is being set
right now. Using today's prices.

Ofgem announces the July cap in late May. But the calculation uses wholesale energy prices from March and April. Which means what happens in markets this week directly affects what lands on your bill in July.

Ofgem cap calculation window Mar + Apr prices → July cap May + Jun (less weight) Jan Feb Mar ● Apr ● May Jun → Ofgem announces July cap: 27 May

March and April wholesale prices carry the most weight in the July cap calculation

📅 How does the cap calculation work?

Ofgem uses a rolling average of wholesale gas and electricity prices, weighted towards the most recent months before the new cap period starts.

For the July cap, March and April prices carry the most weight. Ofgem will confirm the July figure by 27 May 2026.

Gas prices in March were elevated due to the Middle East supply disruption. April is looking similar. Cornwall Insight currently forecasts the July cap at around £1,972 per year.

📈 What does £1,972 actually mean?

It means a £331 increase in a single quarter. April to July. That is roughly £28 more per month landing on your direct debit in July.

It would also make July 2026 the highest cap since the peak of the 2022 energy crisis. Which most people thought was a once-in-a-generation event.

It is a forecast. Forecasts can be wrong. But they can also be wrong in both directions.

💡 What this means for flexibility

The National Grid pays more for flexibility when wholesale prices are high. because that is when shifting demand saves the grid the most money.

If the July cap is as high as forecast, the grid will be calling on flexible households more often. and paying more per call. FlexMyPower earnings estimates will be revised upward.

The worse the market gets for bill payers. the more it pays to be flexible.

Bills · 8 Apr 2026

Your smart meter is already watching.
Here is how to make it pay.

68% of UK homes now have a smart meter. Most people use it to check their usage. Almost nobody uses it to earn money. That gap is what FlexMyPower is built on.

68% have smart meter ~5% use it actively opportunity

Most smart meters are sitting idle as earning tools

📟 What does a smart meter actually do?

It sends your half-hourly energy usage data to your supplier automatically. No more estimated bills. No more meter readings.

But it also does something most people do not know about. It sends that same data to the National Grid. So the grid knows, in real time, how much electricity every street in the country is using.

That data is what makes demand flexibility possible. The grid can see which households shifted their usage. and which ones did not. and pay accordingly.

💷 So why are most people not getting paid?

Because getting paid requires being enrolled in a flexibility programme. and until recently, those programmes were only open to households already on special smart tariffs.

That changed in August 2025. A rule update called P483 removed the requirement to be on a specific tariff. Any household with a smart meter and a compatible device can now participate.

Most energy suppliers have not told their customers this. We did not expect them to.

🔌 What devices does it work with?

EV chargers, heat pumps, hot water tanks, home batteries, and smart plugs. If a device uses a meaningful amount of electricity and has a degree of scheduling flexibility, it can participate.

You do not need to buy new equipment. You do not need to switch supplier. You just need a smart meter and at least one of the above.

The average UK household with an EV and a heat pump is looking at £415 to £935 total value this year. Earnings from the grid, plus bill savings from smart timing.

Bills · 6 Apr 2026

A smart tariff that requires you
to be smarter than the tariff.

Some energy tariffs change price every 30 minutes. In theory, brilliant. In practice, a second job you did not apply for.

Unit price today (p/kWh) standard tariff rate 81p spike midnight 6am noon 6pm midnight

Prices spike to over 80p per unit at peak times. The standard rate is about 24p. The gap is real. So is the faff.

🤩 The pitch sounds good

Electricity prices change every 30 minutes based on what the grid needs. When it is windy overnight and nobody is awake, prices can drop close to zero. Sometimes they go negative. You get paid to use electricity.

The idea is that you shift your big loads, your washing machine, your dishwasher, your EV, to those cheap windows. You save money. The grid saves money. Everyone wins.

That is genuinely how it works. It is not a scam. The cheap rates are real.

😤 Here is what they do not mention

Tomorrow's prices are published at 4pm today. So every day, at 4pm, you need to check an app, look at 48 half-hour price slots, and decide when to run everything in your house. Starting today. For the rest of your life.

If you forget to check, or you check and misread it, or your device decides to charge at 6pm peak instead of 2am cheap, you pay 81p per unit instead of 2p. On a full EV battery. That is the difference between £1.20 and £48.60 for one charge.

People who get it right consistently are running Home Assistant. That is a self-hosted home automation server. With custom YAML scripts. On a Raspberry Pi. In their cupboard. Under the stairs.

If that sentence meant nothing to you: congratulations, you are a normal person.

📉 And then the prices went up anyway

The cheap windows exist. They are real. But so are the expensive ones. And over the last couple of years, those expensive windows got longer and higher.

People in the forums started comparing notes. Many found that after all the effort, their average unit rate was not that much better than a fixed deal. And a fixed deal requires zero effort whatsoever.

The forums are full of people announcing they have switched away. And then switching back. And then switching away again. And asking each other whether it was a mistake.

That is not a hobby. That is homework.

🔌 The device problem

Smart chargers are supposed to handle this automatically. Set it, forget it, charge during cheap hours.

In practice, the charger loses its internet connection overnight. Or the app update breaks the scheduling. Or the 3G signal in your garage is unreliable and the fail-safe kicks in. The fail-safe charges the car immediately. At peak rate. While you sleep.

One peak-hour charge is enough to wipe out a month of careful scheduling. People have written this up in extraordinary detail. The internet has feelings about it.

💡 What should actually happen

The concept of time-shifting your energy use is correct. The grid does have cheap periods. Households with big devices can genuinely save money and earn from flexibility.

The bit that is broken is that it currently requires the household to do the work manually. Check the prices. Set the timers. Monitor the devices. Catch the failures. Do it again tomorrow.

Nobody signed up for that. They signed up for a cheaper energy bill.

FlexMyPower automates the dispatching. Your devices shift when the grid needs them to. You do not check anything. You get paid at the end of the month. That is it.

It works on top of any tariff. Including the dynamic one, if you are already on it and want to keep the cheap overnight rates. You just stop being the person who manages it.

The short version

Time-shifting works. Manual time-shifting does not scale. The grid is moving to automated dispatch. FlexMyPower is the part that does that for your house. Join the waitlist and we will sort it out when the app is ready.

How it works

Your home earns money
while you sleep.

The National Grid pays households to shift when they use electricity. Not less of it. Just at slightly different times. FlexMyPower handles the whole thing automatically.

Grid demand through the day peak: expensive night: cheap + clean your device shifts here

Your devices quietly shift to the cheap quiet periods. You get paid for it.

⚡ Why does the grid pay people?

The National Grid has a problem. Demand spikes at certain times of day. Usually early evening. If everyone runs their appliances at the same time, the grid has to fire up expensive gas power stations to cope.

It is much cheaper for them to pay households to shift their usage slightly. Run the dishwasher at 11pm instead of 7pm. Charge the car at 2am instead of 6pm. Same result for you. Huge saving for the grid.

They pass some of that saving back to you as a payment. That is what FlexMyPower collects and puts in your pocket.

🤖 What does FlexMyPower actually do?

We connect to your smart meter and your smart devices. We watch the grid. When there is a flexibility event, we automatically shift your devices to run at the right time.

You set your preferences once. Your car still has a full charge every morning. Your house is still warm when you want it. We just shuffle things around quietly in the background.

At the end of each month, we calculate what you earned and pay it straight to your bank account.

🔄 Do I need to switch supplier?

No. FlexMyPower works on top of your existing supplier. You do not change your tariff. You do not change who you pay your bill to. Nothing changes on your end except money arrives each month.

We work with all major suppliers and all standard tariffs. If you are already on a smart tariff like Agile, you can earn even more.

💷 How much can I earn?

It depends on what devices you have and how many flexibility events the grid calls. Single-device homes earn £70 to £280 a year (or up to £635 on Octopus Agile). Homes with an EV and a heat pump earn £415 a year on standard tariffs, up to £935 on Octopus Agile. Use the calculator for an estimate based on what you have.

The more flexibility events the grid calls, the more you earn. And right now, with energy prices rising, the grid is calling more events than ever.

Get set up

Takes two minutes.
Pays all year.

No engineer. No new hardware. No supplier switch. Just your smart meter and at least one smart device.

1
Join the waitlist
We are launching area by area. Drop your email and you will be first to know when we go live near you.
2
Connect your smart meter
We link to your half-hourly meter data. This is how we verify your flexibility and calculate your payment. No meter replacement needed.
3
Connect your devices
EV charger, heat pump, hot water tank, or smart plugs. We support most major brands.
Already have a compatible device?
Connect it now and get ready to earn.
Connect device →
4
Get paid every month
When the grid calls a flexibility event, your devices shift automatically. You earn. Money goes straight to your bank account. No vouchers.
✅ What you need
A smart meter (most UK homes already have one)
At least one smart device: EV charger, heat pump, hot water tank, or smart plug
Any energy supplier, any standard tariff
Join the waitlist.

We will let you know the moment we are live in your area.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time.

FAQ

Questions people
actually ask.

No jargon. No waffle. Just the answers.

❓ Do I need to switch energy supplier?

No. FlexMyPower works with your existing supplier. Keep your tariff. Keep your direct debit. Nothing changes except money arrives each month.

❓ Do I need a smart meter?

Yes. Smart meters send half-hourly usage data to the grid, which is how flexibility payments are calculated and verified. Around 68% of UK homes already have one. If you do not, your supplier will install one for free.

❓ Will my devices still do what I need them to do?

Yes. You set your preferences and we work around them. Your car will still have a full charge by morning. Your house will still be warm when you want it. We shift things in the background. You stay in control.

❓ I am already signed up with another flexibility provider. Can I join?

Each home can only be registered with one provider at a time per supply point (your MPAN). If you are already enrolled with another provider, you would need to leave them first.

The good news: there is no cooling-off period. You can switch to FlexMyPower immediately. Responsibility for compliance sits with the provider, not you.

❓ How much will I earn?

It depends on your devices and how many grid events happen. Single-device homes earn £70 to £280 a year (or up to £635 on Octopus Agile). Homes with an EV and a heat pump earn £415 a year on standard tariffs, up to £935 on Octopus Agile. Use the calculator for a personalised estimate.

❓ Is the money paid as cash or vouchers?

Cash. Straight to your bank account every month. Not vouchers. Not bill credits. Actual money.

❓ What devices does it work with?

EV chargers, heat pumps, hot water tanks, home batteries, and smart plugs. We support most major brands including Ohme, Zappi, Tado, TP-Link, and GivEnergy.

❓ How often do grid events happen?

The National Grid ran the Demand Flexibility Service 44 times last winter (winter 2024/25). Events typically happen on cold weekday evenings when demand is highest. As more renewable energy comes online, the grid needs more flexibility, so events are likely to increase over time.

❓ Is FlexMyPower free?

Yes. We pass roughly 60% of what the grid pays through to you and keep the rest to run the platform. You never pay us anything directly. If you do not earn, we do not earn.

❓ I rent. Can I still join?

Yes. You do not need to own your home. As long as you have a smart meter and at least one compatible device, you can participate. The flexibility payment is tied to your meter, not your property.

❓ I am on a prepayment meter. Can I join?

Yes. Smart prepayment meters are compatible. This is one of the things most other providers get wrong. They ignore prepayment customers entirely. We do not.

❓ Still got a question?

Email us at contact@flexmypower.co.uk and we will get back to you same day.

Bills · 5 Jan 2026

Happy New Year! Your energy bill
has gone up. By £3.

Ofgem announced a tiny rise in the January price cap. It made headlines. It probably should not have. Here is what it actually means.

Ofgem price cap per year (typical household) £1,568 Oct 25 £1,738 Jan 26 +£170 (not £3)

The cap went up £170 in January. The £3 figure was the quarterly change from October to January.

📰 What actually happened?

Ofgem set the January 2026 price cap at £1,738 per year for a typical household. That is up £3 from the October 2025 figure of £1,735.

Most of the coverage called it a tiny rise and moved on. Which is technically correct. But it missed the bigger picture entirely.

📊 What is the actual picture?

The cap is still £170 higher than it was a year ago. It is still more than double what it was before the 2021 energy crisis. The £3 movement is noise. The underlying level is the story.

And forecasters are already warning that the April 2026 cap could fall slightly, before rising sharply again in July. So any relief is likely to be short-lived.

💡 What this means for you

If you are just watching the cap number each quarter, you are watching the wrong thing. The number that matters is how much you are paying versus how much you could be earning back.

At £1,738 a year, a FlexMyPower household with an EV and a heat pump can offset a significant chunk of that bill entirely. The cap going up by £3 is not interesting. Cutting your net cost by £400 is.

Legal

Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

Who we are

FlexMyPower is a UK business developing a demand flexibility aggregation service. Contact us at contact@flexmypower.co.uk with any data-related questions.

What data we collect

At this time, we collect only your email address when you join our waitlist. We do not collect any other personal data. We do not use cookies for tracking, advertising, or analytics on this site.

How we use your email

We use your email to notify you when FlexMyPower launches in your area, and occasionally to share helpful information about energy flexibility. We will not sell your email to third parties, use it for advertising, or pass it to energy suppliers or device manufacturers without your explicit consent. Unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in any email or by emailing us directly.

Where your data is stored

Waitlist emails are stored in Supabase (hosted on AWS EU-West-1, Dublin). Supabase is SOC 2 Type II certified. Data is not transferred outside the EEA.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, or delete the data we hold about you, and to object to certain uses. Email contact@flexmypower.co.uk to exercise any right. We will respond within 30 days. If you're unhappy with our response, you can contact the ICO at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

When FlexMyPower moves beyond the waitlist stage and begins processing energy usage data through connected devices, we will publish a full privacy policy covering all data types, retention periods, and third-party processors. Waitlist subscribers will be notified.

Legal

Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2026

What FlexMyPower is right now

FlexMyPower is currently in pre-launch. This website provides information about our planned service and allows people to register interest via a waitlist. No energy service, flexibility scheme participation, or financial transactions take place at this time.

Joining the waitlist

By submitting your email address, you are expressing interest in being notified when FlexMyPower launches. You are not entering into a contract, committing to purchase any service, or authorising FlexMyPower to access your energy data or devices. Joining is free and you can leave at any time by emailing contact@flexmypower.co.uk.

How our earnings estimates are calculated

All earnings figures on this site are estimates for 2026, calculated using the following methodology:

Base figures: NESO Demand Flexibility Service winter 2024/25 data. 44 events, average accepted bid price £210 per megawatt-hour, with households receiving approximately 60% after our service margin.

Season factor: The grid calls on households more in winter, and pays more per call. We apply a monthly multiplier to the base: January 1.30×, February 1.25×, March 1.15×, April to June 0.75 to 0.85×, July to August 0.70×, September 0.80×, October 1.00×, November 1.10×, December 1.20×.

Gas price factor: When gas is expensive, the grid needs more help from households, so it calls on us more often and pays more per call. Our current factor is 1.40, reflecting gas prices approximately 45% above January 2026 levels following Middle East supply disruptions. Reviewed quarterly.

Revenue stack factor: DFS is the baseline. We also stack local grid earnings (DNO flexibility via Piclo Flex) and wholesale optimisation (smart device dispatch around live wholesale prices) on top. Balancing Mechanism and Capacity Market revenue join from 2027. Our current stack factor is 1.30, conservative until DNO contracts are signed. Reviewed quarterly.

2026 estimate formula: Base earning × season factor × gas price factor × revenue stack factor = estimate this year. For example: EV charger on a standard variable tariff in April = £125 × 0.85 × 1.40 × 1.30 ≈ £195. The same device on Octopus Agile in January = £285 × 1.30 × 1.40 × 1.30 ≈ £675.

2030 projections: Based on NESO Clean Power 2030 forecasts projecting 4 to 5× more flexibility events annually as renewable capacity grows.

These are indicative estimates, not guarantees. Actual earnings depend on your tariff, device type, usage patterns, location, and future grid payment rates. Nothing on this website constitutes financial or energy advice.

Other information on this website

Links to third-party products and services are provided for information only. FlexMyPower is not affiliated with these companies and receives no commission from these links unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Limitation of liability

FlexMyPower is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of this website or your reliance on the information it contains. The site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Full terms on launch

When FlexMyPower launches as an active energy service, full terms and conditions covering service agreements, payment terms, data access, event participation, and cancellation will be published. Your waitlist sign-up does not constitute acceptance of any future terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Oil refinery at night
Markets · 8 Apr 2026

Trump threatened to destroy a civilisation. Your bill is still going up.

Oil crashed 15% last night. Here is why your July bill doesn't care.

⚡
Hoesna Mahmood
Energy trader and founder, FlexMyPower
8 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
+60%
Oil up since the war started in February
US Energy Information Administration
−15%
Oil fell last night on ceasefire news
Ofgem wholesale market data
+30%
Oil is still above pre-war price. This morning.
US Energy Information Administration
💥 What happened last night

Tuesday morning. Trump posted that "a whole civilization will die tonight" unless Iran opened the Strait of Hormuz by 8pm. He threatened to bomb power stations and bridges. Congressional Research Service Oil hit $117 a barrel. Everyone panicked. Except the professional investors, who made a cup of tea and waited.

At 6:30pm US time, ninety minutes before his own deadline, Trump announced a ceasefire. Oil fell 15% in two hours. He posted "Big money will be made!" He ended with three exclamation marks. The Golden Age of the Middle East has apparently begun. EIA

Oil price ($/barrel) — the last six weeks
Every spike is a threat. Every dip is a backdown. Still 30% above pre-war. EIA  ·  Ofgem wholesale indicators
Oil refinery
The Strait of Hormuz is 21 miles wide at its narrowest. 20% of the world's oil goes through it every day. IEA
🌮 TACO Tuesday. A brief history.

There is a word for this. TACO. Trump Always Chickens Out. Coined by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 after Trump announced tariffs on every country on earth, watched markets crash, and quietly postponed them for 90 days. A pattern had been identified. Traders started betting on it. Ofgem itself notes that energy markets respond immediately to geopolitical signals. The signals in this case were on Truth Social. At 6am. In capitals.

By Tuesday afternoon, traders had already priced in the backdown. The S&P 500 closed positive despite the "whole civilization dies tonight" post. The market thought it was funny. EIA

"Genocidal threats and war profiteering market manipulation." Kyle Kulinski, political commentator, posting publicly on X at 8:47pm Tuesday
WhenThe threatWhat actually happened
Apr 2025Tariffs on every country on earth90-day pause after bond markets had a meltdown IMF
Jun 2025Sack the Federal Reserve ChairReversed after stocks fell Federal Reserve
Jan 2026Annex Greenland by military forceDid not annex Greenland European Council
Mar 2026Seize the Strait of Hormuz militarilyNo action. Talks began. CRS
7 Apr 2026Destroy a whole civilisation by 8pm CRSCeasefire posted on Truth Social at 9pm EIA
📈 Who actually profits from this

Here is the part nobody wants to say out loud. The TACO cycle is not just incompetence. It is extremely good for anyone who can see it coming and trade ahead of it.

The pattern is simple. Trump escalates. Oil spikes. Certain traders are already positioned long on oil futures. Trump backs down. Oil falls. Those same traders sell their positions at the peak. The gap between $73 and $95 gets permanently absorbed into everyone's energy bill. Ordinary people pay. Commodity traders collect. EIA

The TACO profit cycle
How escalate and backdown moves money from your energy bill into commodity markets
The numbers

Oil went from $73 to $117 during the escalation. It fell back to $95 on the ceasefire. That is a $22 permanent floor added to the oil price. Every barrel of oil is now $22 more expensive than before the war started. That feeds through to UK gas prices. UK gas prices feed through to your electricity bill. Your electricity bill feeds through to your bank account. Ofgem

Trump posted "Big money will be made!" immediately after the ceasefire. He was not wrong. He just was not talking about your money. EIA

🌍 Why a war near Iran hits your electricity bill
STRAIT OF HORMUZ IRAN SAUDI ARABIA 20% of world's oil passes through daily 21 miles wide at its narrowest Closed since 2 March biggest disruption in history

Strait data: IEA  ·  EIA  ·  Congressional Research Service

Why does a war near Iran hit your electricity bill?

Gas sets the price of UK electricity the large majority of the time. Even with a heat pump and an EV, your electricity tariff is still priced against gas. So when the Strait closes and gas spikes, your bill goes up. Every time. No exceptions. Ofgem  The UK also imports LNG from Qatar, which exports through the Strait. EIA  ONS

📋 Why your July bill is still going up
Your energy bill limit per year (typical home) Ofgem
The July cap was calculated before the ceasefire. It cannot be changed now. Ofgem announces on 27 May 2026.

Ofgem calculates the July cap using gas prices from February and March. That is the war period. That window is closed. The calculation is done. A ceasefire posted on Truth Social at 9pm on a Tuesday does not reopen it. Ofgem

Energy bills
The cap fell in April. Then the war happened. Your July bill was calculated in the middle of it. Ofgem
Right now
£1,641/year. Enjoy it.
Bills fell £117 last week. Protected until 30 June. Ofgem
27 May 2026
Ofgem announces July cap
Forecast around £1,930. Calculated from war-era prices. Last night changes nothing. Ofgem
1 July 2026
Bills go up around £300
Already calculated. Regardless of any ceasefire. House of Commons Library
26 Aug 2026
October cap. This is where it might help.
If the ceasefire holds through May to July, October could be lower. Big if. Two week ceasefires have a track record. Ofgem
Winter 2026/27
Iran's new toll on the Strait. A permanent floor.
Iran plans to charge ships to use the Strait going forward. That cost did not exist before February. It does not go away when the shooting stops. IEA
The bit nobody is saying loudly

Iran is planning to charge ships for Hormuz passage going forward. Like a toll booth on the world's biggest oil lane. That did not exist before February. Even if the war fully ends, this is a new permanent cost baked into global energy prices. IEA

💷 The one thing you can actually do about it

While all this is going on, the National Grid is paying households to shift when they use their electricity. Not use less. Just at slightly better times. Your EV charges at 2am instead of 6pm. Your hot water heats while you sleep. You wake up to money in your bank account. NESO That is FlexMyPower.

Smart home devices
Connect your smart meter and a device. We handle the timing automatically.
🔋
Home battery
£280/yr
🚗
EV charger
£220/yr
🔥
Heat pump
£195/yr
🚿
Hot water
£140/yr
🔌
Smart plugs
£70/yr

Based on NESO Demand Flexibility Service winter 2024/25, 44 events, avg £210/MWh. NESO

EV and heat pump together

Up to £730 total value this year including bill savings from smart timing. NESO That number goes up when the market is stressed. Which it is. Right now.

💣
War starts
US and Israel strike Iran. Strait closes. Oil goes from $73 to $117 in six weeks. EIA
📞
Pakistan phones Trump
Pakistan's PM asks Trump to extend the deadline. Asks Iran to open the Strait. Both say yes. Oil drops 15%. CRS
📋
Ofgem already calculated
July cap is locked in from the war period. Nothing changes your July bill now. Ofgem
💷
You can earn from it
The grid pays households more when it is under stress. Connect a device. Get paid monthly. NESO

Your July bill is going up. Start earning before it does.

Free to join. No switching. No new equipment. Cash to your bank every month.

Join flexmypower.com →

Sources

  1. Ofgem — Energy price cap explained: April 2026 at £1,641
  2. Ofgem — Changes to energy price cap April to June 2026
  3. Ofgem — Wholesale energy costs and your bills
  4. Ofgem — Wholesale market indicators
  5. ONS — Impact of higher energy costs on UK businesses: gas sets electricity price the large majority of the time
  6. IEA — Strait of Hormuz: 20 million barrels per day, 20% of global oil trade
  7. EIA — Strait of Hormuz remains critical oil chokepoint
  8. EIA — About one-fifth of global LNG trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz
  9. Congressional Research Service — Iran Conflict and the Strait of Hormuz: Impacts on Oil, Gas and Other Commodities
  10. NESO — Demand Flexibility Service: winter 2024/25 results
  11. House of Commons Library — Gas and electricity prices during the energy crisis and beyond
  12. IMF World Economic Outlook — Global economic impact of commodity price shocks
  13. Federal Reserve — Federal Reserve monetary policy communications
Oil price ($/barrel) — the last six weeks
Every spike is a threat. Every dip is a backdown. Still 30% above pre-war. EIA  ·  Ofgem wholesale indicators
News headlines on phone
Oil prices move within seconds of geopolitical announcements. The Strait of Hormuz handles 20% of the world's oil. IEA
🌮 TACO Tuesday

There is a name for this. TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out. Coined by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025. Every time Trump announced a major threat, markets moved — and then he reversed. Ofgem notes that hedging and market pricing cause immediate responses to geopolitical signals. By Tuesday afternoon, markets had already priced in a backdown — the S&P 500 closed positive despite the threats. EIA

"Genocidal threats and war profiteering market manipulation." — Kyle Kulinski, political commentator, posting publicly on X at 8:47pm Tuesday
WhenThe threatWhat actually happened
Apr 2025Tariffs on every country90-day pause after bond markets moved IMF WEO
Jun 2025Sack the Federal Reserve ChairPosition reversed Federal Reserve
Jan 2026Annex Greenland by military forceNo action taken European Council
Mar 2026Seize the Strait of Hormuz militarilyNo action taken, talks began Congressional Research Service
7 Apr 2026Destroy a whole civilisation tonight CRSCeasefire. 90 mins before deadline. EIA
🌍 Why a war in Iran affects your electricity bill
STRAIT OF HORMUZ IRAN SAUDI ARABIA 20% of world's oil passes through daily 21 miles wide at its narrowest Closed since 2 March biggest disruption in history

Strait data: IEA  ·  EIA  ·  Congressional Research Service

Why does this hit your electricity bill?

Gas sets the price of UK electricity the large majority of the time. Even if you have a heat pump and an EV, your electricity tariff is still priced against gas. So when the Strait closes and gas spikes — your bill goes up. Every time. Ofgem  The UK also imports LNG from Qatar, which exports through the Strait. ONS

📋 Why your July bill is still going up
Your energy bill limit (£/year, typical home) Ofgem
The July cap was calculated before the ceasefire. It cannot be changed now. Announces 27 May 2026.

Ofgem calculates the July cap from gas prices in February and March — the war period. That window closed before last night. The July cap is already set. Ofgem A Pakistani phone call at 9pm cannot change it.

Energy bills and calculator
The cap drops in April. Then goes back up in July. The ceasefire does not change the July number. Ofgem
Right now
£1,641/year — enjoy it
Bills fell £117 last week. Protected until 30 June. Ofgem
27 May 2026
Ofgem announces July cap
Forecast ~£1,930. Locked in from war-era prices. Last night changes nothing. Ofgem
1 July 2026
Bills go up ~£300
Regardless of ceasefire. Already calculated. House of Commons Library
26 Aug 2026
October cap — this is where it might help
If ceasefire holds through May, June, July, October could be lower. Big if. Ofgem
Winter 2026/27
Iran's new Strait toll — a permanent floor
Iran plans to charge ships for Hormuz passage. Prices may never fully recover. IEA
The bit nobody is saying loudly

Iran says it will now charge ships to use the Strait of Hormuz — like a toll booth on the world's biggest oil lane. That did not exist before February. Even if the war ends, this could keep energy prices elevated for years. IEA

💷 The one thing you can do about it

The National Grid pays households to shift when they use their electricity. Not less of it. Just at slightly better times. Your EV charges at 2am. Your hot water heats overnight. You wake up with money in your bank. NESO That is FlexMyPower.

Smart home devices
Connect your smart meter and a device. We do the rest automatically.
🔋
Home battery
£280/yr
🚗
EV charger
£220/yr
🔥
Heat pump
£195/yr
🚿
Hot water
£140/yr
🔌
Smart plugs
£70/yr

Based on NESO Demand Flexibility Service winter 2024/25, 44 events, avg £210/MWh. NESO

EV and heat pump together

Up to £730 total value this year — earnings plus bill savings. NESO That number goes up when the market is volatile. Which it is. Right now.

💣
War starts
US and Israel strike Iran. Strait closes. Oil goes from $73 to $117 in 6 weeks. EIA
📞
Pakistan calls
Pakistan's PM phones Trump and Iran. Asks both to pause. Oil drops 15%. Congressional Research Service
📋
Ofgem already calculated
July cap locked in from war-era prices. Nothing changes your July bill now. Ofgem
💷
You can do something
The grid pays more when it is stressed. Sign up, connect a device, earn monthly. NESO
❓ Common questions
Will the ceasefire lower my energy bill?

No, not for July. The July 2026 cap was calculated from gas prices in February and March — the war period. That window closed before the ceasefire. Ofgem announces on 27 May 2026. Could only affect October 2026 onwards. Ofgem

Why does a war near Iran affect my electricity bill?

Gas sets the price of UK electricity the large majority of the time. Ofgem The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of global oil and LNG trade daily. IEA When disrupted, gas prices rise globally and feed through to your bill.

What is the UK energy price cap for July 2026?

Not yet confirmed. Ofgem announces on 27 May 2026. Forecast approximately £1,930 per year for a typical household, up from the current £1,641. Driven by wholesale gas price increases from the Iran conflict. Ofgem

How can I earn money from the National Grid?

Through the Demand Flexibility Service run by NESO. Households with smart devices — EV chargers, heat pumps, hot water tanks, home batteries or smart plugs — earn money by shifting when they use electricity. FlexMyPower automates this. No switching. Free to join. NESO

What does TACO mean in relation to Trump and energy prices?

TACO stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. Coined by Financial Times journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025. Trump announces a massive threat, markets react, he reverses. On 7 April 2026, oil hit $117 on a threat to destroy Iranian infrastructure, then fell 15% when Trump announced a ceasefire 90 minutes before his own deadline.

Your July bill is going up. Start earning before it does.

Free to join. No switching. No new equipment. Cash to your bank every month.

Join flexmypower.com →