The energy supplier said more than 400,000 customers cut down their energy usage between 4.30pm and 6pm on Tuesday, with the average customer paid £2.50 in special points and the top 5% paid an average of £15 in points.
Octopus Energy paid more than £1m to customers in its latest energy challenge.
The average customer was paid £2.50 in special points, which entitles them to rewards, for reducing their demand by around 60% on average.Customers were paid 3,200 OctoPoints per kWh reduced, the equivalent of £4.Octopus said the initial data showed it had reduced the UK's energy usage by around 250MWh - the same as the city of Liverpool going off grid for an hour.
Octopus is the most active in the new scheme, though several other energy suppliers also took part in the system, which went live for the first time on Monday evening after being tested on several occasions previously.
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