Octopus Power Ups and Free Energy Sessions

GivTCP fellover during the session so I've had to pull data from GE cloud, rebooting my whole HA instance seems to have bought it back.

I managed to pull 37.6kwh, 13.5kwh into the battery (plus losses) and the rest was grid draw into the house - no car charging at all. I got an OI slot at 15:00 to 15:30 but I unplugged and went out after 15 mins. We also generated just over 4kwh in that period also which 'cost' 60p which I will be able to make up later with additional exports.

Over the 3 hours I was pulling an average of 12.5kw on top of the 2kw average solar generation I was having to burn through before I could get to the grid.

The house temperature has somewhat normalised now - it is still very warm :cry:
 
Yea we used a fair bit, 3kw underfloor heating on, 3kw immersion tank, 2kw convection heater, I was cooking on an induction hob (I'd guess about 1kw) , house battery charged. Mrs has the tumble dryer on, dishwasher was going & washing machine.

My pc was on upgrading to win 11.
 
Power up today from 10:30 - 12:30.

I hope these become a regular thing, over the darker colder months you can really benefit.
 
BUDFORCE said:
They just email us.

I guess you don't have it in your area.
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Ah yeah just looked and its different to the saving sessions on the weekend, yeah i'm up in North Wales with the most expensive electric and standing charges in the UK, we'll be dead last on any list for anything like that :cry:
 
That’s mostly because you are rural, you’ll have hundreds of miles of poles which serve a handful of customers. That has a cost which living in a mainly urbanised area doesn’t have.

It’s the same issue in Scotland.
 
sovietspybob said:
Ah yeah just looked and its different to the saving sessions on the weekend, yeah i'm up in North Wales with the most expensive electric and standing charges in the UK, we'll be dead last on any list for anything like that :cry:
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I'm in East Anglia, I live in a rural area literally surrounded by wind turbines so I guess if they are trying to balance the grid (eg keep the voltage down) it makes sense, it seems to go in phases but December/Jan just gone we went through a spate of getting them almost in a daily basis.

The downside is our grid voltage isn't always that consistent, I only know this from the solar equipment but we had it go over something like 162v last year (highest it would read before shutting off) which affected that and other things, induction hob wouldn't work for example.

On the flip side it goes the other way when it's not windy and I hear people cannot charge their electric cars for example, although we have never had any issues.
 
I was trying to get on this too after joining Octopus, but I realised my postcode wasn't covered. I do live in rural part of Bedfordshire, so I'm guessing it's something to do with that.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
That’s mostly because you are rural, you’ll have hundreds of miles of poles which serve a handful of customers. That has a cost which living in a mainly urbanised area doesn’t have.

It’s the same issue in Scotland.
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Yeah i get that we've got a lot of grid per capita up here hence the bigger standing chage.

It just smarts a bit to pay more for the electric as well even though we have a lot of wind farms up here and quite a few big solar farms too along with the smaller scale pumped storage and hydro.
 
We have a national rate of electricity, the higher unit costs reflect the cost of distribution in wales. It’s basically Alfred charges rolled into the rate.
 
You'd think having the hornsea one and Dogger bank wind farms supplies coming onshore near here we'd have them too, but nope. We just get the higher standing charges instead. :rolleyes:
 
reef said:
You'd think having the hornsea one and Dogger bank wind farms supplies coming onshore near here we'd have them too, but nope. We just get the higher standing charges instead. :rolleyes:
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They go straight into the national grid ;)

You need renewables connected to your local grid to be eligible, preferably your closest major substation.
 
Half hour power-up today. Not a lot I can do in that time, but a half hour shot of all the heaters on full power is a nice reprieve from the cold.
 
TheVoice said:
This isn't Octopus specific, but has anyone signed up for this?
www.uswitch.com

Power Hours - 25 free hours of electricity - Uswitch

Find out how to get 25 free hours of electricity via Power Hours, accessible with the Uswitch app.
www.uswitch.com www.uswitch.com

I'm assuming the whole point is that they get access to your energy usage data in return, as you need to link your smart meter to them.
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Didn't realise this was a thing. Might be worth signing up.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Presumably you are ineligable if you are already a part of a DFS scheme?
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I wasn't able to find information about that until I saw the last question on this page:

www.uswitch.com

25 hours of free electricity offer FAQs - Uswitch

Got a question about our 25 free electricity hours offer? Find the answer here.
www.uswitch.com www.uswitch.com

Can I sign up to this if I'm enrolled into an energy earning scheme with another provider?

Yes, you can be enrolled in 25 hours of free electricity – and other campaigns through Power Hours – while also be enrolled in an energy saving scheme with another provider.

However, when you sign up to Power Hours, you'll be automatically enrolled in our Reduce and Earn sessions – which are a part of the NESO Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) scheme.

You can only be registered with one NESO DFS scheme at a time. If you’re enrolled in multiple NESO DFS schemes when a session takes place, there's a chance you'll be disqualified from earning money in both until you have opted out of all but one.

Once you opt-out of your other scheme, you should be able to rejoin Reduce and Earn sessions by the next day.
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