They are still messaging people but they have updated their blog to explain that the Go rate will be discounted down. https://octopus.energy/blog/how-the-energy-price-guarantee-works/
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The vast majority don't need to claim the Winter Fuel Payment. From your link:
Likewise the Pensioner Cost of Living payment.
Cost of Living Payments 2022 to 2024
Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living from 2022 to 2024 if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
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Are you OX7 or OX 15/16 if so i believe thats MPAN area 14. The problem with those quoted prices is they are what the prices would have been if the EPG Cap wasnt coming in and unfortunately due to the issues they are having with getting the new pricing in and all the fixed rates to be adjusted its not showing the correct prices for the 1st Oct SVT. I can check the SVT for you as it is viewable internally now. Regarding the situation if you Elec would be reduced when your gas is under but the elec is over the cap I can ask one of the pricing leads tomorrow to see what clarification there is.
They are scrambling and hassling IT all day everyday though at the moment to get the pricing in as its failed twice now
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Spotted my desk setup uses 62w, and my TV/virgin box/Xbox etc 85w while on standby. Yes I could turn them off manually but I won't ever do it, so I've stuck them on a timer overnight for 6/12 hours. @35p/kWh this simple change should save around £210/year. Hopefully it's not by dodgy maths but this seems like a no brainer!
Thanks, appreciate the help. I’m in OX29 (Witney).
No idea as they not communicating on it.
Just a vague statement of "no one will lose out". Which could be as simple as you will have the chance to move to SVR.
Woke up this morning to the news my energy DD is going down, from £174 a month to £107. Although good news at the moment (as is any reduction in outgoings) I'm going to raise it back up as if I don't have a rise in bills it'll be a little buffer to come back but for some reason I don't think over the winter my bills will be coming down.
I'm with crappy PAYG also E.on NextI'm a peasant with a PAYG key meter from EON and I've got my new charges today.
54.18 per day SC
32.76 kWh
I should be getting vouchers for the next 6 months which will cover me entirely without having to use my own cash to top up. I just need to ignore all news until April.
Standing charge (per day) 53.823p -=> 54.968p
Unit rate (per kWh) 26.859p -=> 31.301p
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They'll be going down by about £67 a month. Where have you been.
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thanks, just logged into my account going down from £81 to £14, would pref they just leave it at £81 so i dont have to worry when i turn the heating on
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Remerber wise folks ere put the correct readings in on the 29th the 30th the sites will crash all day 
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£1.23p for 24hours at standby. You'll save 5p for every hour you turn it off properly.
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Just to say small place as I grew up there and still have parents and my boys there.
In fairness to Octopus they have stated they have had to reduce it by the amount as per the guidelines to get the funding but you can put it back up with them to build a buffer. If with someone else would assume it is the same then.
That's exactly what I've done and we keep them off for about 15 hours a day. Every little helps and the £10 smart plug cost is recovered in the first month of using it! We've been using them since about April or so which is quite some saving!
I've not noticed any issues with the Sky box either so it must just update when it gets turned on anyway!
Why would it be going down by that when it hasn't risen at all?
It went up to £174 about a year and a half ago and hasn't risen since, I was expecting it to rise as about 2 months ago I came out of my fixed tariff and didn't re-fix as I'm not sure I'm going to stay with my current provider.
I can't see anything about Go on that link?
Not sure where you're getting that from? As per the link @delta0 posted, they are reducing fixes in line with the govt. discounts
EPG SVT for OX29 should be 34.23 elec 44.41 sc and 10.46 gas 28.48 sc. I've put the question out there as to whats happening with the fixed tarrif reductions and when they will show on customer accounts as currently its not showing due to the issues i mentioned before
They mention fixed rates which is what Go is. They are sending out specific details very soon according to their Twitter.
Because the government £400 help is being "paid" over 6 months, so equivalent to £67/month. Energy suppliers are knocking this off customers' Direct Debits to effectively pass on the help.
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