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8th October 2022
03:49pm BST

The electric blankets will available for Octopus' most vulnerable customers (iStock)[/caption]
Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, chief product officer at Octopus Energy, says: "Octopus is doing everything we can to help customers through the crisis.
"Our electric blankets scheme was just one of the measures we’ve taken to help.
"And given the overwhelmingly positive feedback last year, we knew we only had one option - to make it even bigger.
"Heating an individual rather than a whole home can save hundreds off a customer’s bill, and at times that we know how much people are struggling, we hope these blankets can be a real difference maker."
According to Uswitch, electric blankets use 100 watts of energy to warm a double bed, and it costs just 24p to run one for one hour a day for seven days.
Sarah Broomfield, Uswitch's energy expert, told the Sun: "Using an electric blanket to warm the bed may mean you can turn the temperature of your thermostat down, as you won't need your bedroom to be so hot.
"And turning your thermostat down by just 1°C can save you as much as £80 a year."
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