Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Caporegime
Damn! I'm normally very jealous of all the agile goodness you guys post.Prices are obscene on Agile tomorrow night for me. For each half an hour from 16:00:
43.68p
49.50p
62.14p
69.55p
67.15p
71.63p
39.96p
34.42p
26.55p
24.26p
That's a very expensive evening!
Good job the savings of 25% vs standard rate for the last 6 months make it bearable. Had negative pricing most of the morning until 06:00 - just shows how much the wind does for pricing.
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Still below SVT though
Prices are obscene on Agile tomorrow night for me. For each half an hour from 16:00:
43.68p
49.50p
62.14p
69.55p
67.15p
71.63p
39.96p
34.42p
26.55p
24.26p
That's a very expensive evening!
Horrifying, isn't it? Hopefully a one-off and not a sign of things to come.
I think it's time to have a talk with the missus about running the washing machine & tumble dryer between 4 and 7
Wish me luck 
It's literally just because of low wind - this is what it looks like when the majority of our power comes from gas and the fast majority of people being on flat rate pricing so there is zero incentive to avoid hitting the peak period unnecessarily.
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Just jump ship from Octopus intelligent go to E.ON , will need to go onto their standard tariff then the Drive V4 , similar price and standing charge to octopus but a bit longer overnight low rate. Plus the referral fee I guess it is a good time to move
Still works out as the best tariff for me.
Tracker is now the worst of Agile/Tracker/Go/Intelligent for my usage apparently. I guess that makes sense though if the 30 day average for Tracker is 21.7p - Go and Intelligent are only 4p more in the day, but have vastly cheaper night rates.
Associate
My Dad seen something on the news saying we pay more than 4 times what America pays for their electric and more than double than Germany etc, we are getting screwed all the time.
Hold off for a couple of days
According to the Octopus Watch app, I’m still best on Agile, with Go only £15 cheaper over 3 months than SVR…. buuut I have to wonder how much that is influenced by me charging the car during the day on Agile thanks to cheap/negative pricing. I wonder what average rate we’d actually achieve on Go if we were very strict on load shifting overnight. Probably still worse than Agile as we liberally use the dehumidifier for drying clothes
Your Dad needs to watch more reputable news sources.
We're broadly on-par with the USA if you actually use a competitive price plan like Tracker / Agile, and pay less than Germany by roughly half.
Soldato
26.4p p/kWh (electric) on Octopus tracker here today, that's the most expensive I've seen since joining up around July time.
Also the weather is miserable today and with it now being mid October I doubt the solar panels are going to do much either, weather looks shocking for the week.
Also the weather is miserable today and with it now being mid October I doubt the solar panels are going to do much either, weather looks shocking for the week.
Soldato
Yeah, not great this evening! But it looks like things will be much better towards the later far of the week: https://emoncms.org/ukgrid/app/view?name=UKGrid
greg jackson govt cheerleader (post Bulb payout/contract) on r4today0630 - 4/10 heat pump installs blocked due to onerous planning permission KS relaxing policies must help;
but had no answer to EDF board person who apparently said Heat pumps being shoved onto many people when it didn't yet make economic sense.
but had no answer to EDF board person who apparently said Heat pumps being shoved onto many people when it didn't yet make economic sense.
Associate
Just put in my request to move from Octopus Go to EOn drive will see what happens. But seems on paper cheaper in unit cost but with a little extra standing charge.
This seems abnormal for this time in the morning, I've only just woke up and all my mum would have used is maybe the shower and kettle.
Hot water light on boiler is on however.
With utility warehouse as apparently it's the cheapest when doing a comparison but she won't budge to another company.
Hot water light on boiler is on however.
With utility warehouse as apparently it's the cheapest when doing a comparison but she won't budge to another company.
E.On Drive looks very good! 24.01p day and 6.7p night (00:00-07:00) for me. No exit fee either.
I think this could save me a fair wedge. But annoyingly the tariff isn't on Octopus Compare, so I'm having to do the calculation manually. The car reports 280kWh used in the past month vs 520kWh overall. So that's roughly 280kWh at 6.7p and 240kWh at 24.01p for a total of £76.60. Agile has cost me £111.14. If correct, that's a huge saving.
I think this could save me a fair wedge. But annoyingly the tariff isn't on Octopus Compare, so I'm having to do the calculation manually. The car reports 280kWh used in the past month vs 520kWh overall. So that's roughly 280kWh at 6.7p and 240kWh at 24.01p for a total of £76.60. Agile has cost me £111.14. If correct, that's a huge saving.
Ok now Agile has got my attention, I am with no boiler at the moment so have been running some electric heating during off peak hours, yesterday I got paid to use my heater, today the pricing is radically different just one day later, and the peak I have never seen it so high, over 60p.
Wonder if indeed the market is turning and the UK remains really expensive for energy, it didnt even come close to normalised global pricing.
Wonder if indeed the market is turning and the UK remains really expensive for energy, it didnt even come close to normalised global pricing.
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