Where did you go to see that?
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thats for the IOG fixed (for the fixes before the Iran conflict)
Octopus have not released details for IOG variable yet
It is, but only for customers who were still on the 7p rate - it's a 3.5p reduction to tariff rates being applied across the board.
New customers are dropping from 9p to 5.5p etc. and day rates are dropping the same way, see also E.ON NextDrive etc.
It's because of the removal of the RO and ECO - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/11/energy-bill-cut-renewables-eco-martin-lewis/
Great news. Mine still shows as 7p at the moment in the App.It is, but only for customers who were still on the 7p rate - it's a 3.5p reduction to tariff rates being applied across the board.
New customers are dropping from 9p to 5.5p etc. and day rates are dropping the same way, see also E.ON NextDrive etc.
It's because of the removal of the RO and ECO - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/11/energy-bill-cut-renewables-eco-martin-lewis/
Not sure I like the 58.21p > 61.5p standing charge increase. But I suppose we're heavy users so the unit rate is more important than the charge.
Saw it myself - I think its about time I hopped on the EV train !! Spending £120 per week on diesel currently
It is a great saving! When I go past petrol stations now, I think to myself, "I remember those things."
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Petrol and Diesel on the rise and EV charging halved, can see this pushing many people to EVs.
Great if you can afford one / actually want what you can afford
i mean...a 4 year old taycan is only £40k...right up anyone's alleyGreat if you can afford one / actually want what you can afford
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Maybe this was Elon’s plan all along - he sweet talked Trump into attacking Iran to sell more cars…
Nearly 17% yield is pretty strong. If that is a genuine ROI then there is no arguing with the financial logic going for solar in your case.As per normal, like others quoting this, you've forgotten one very important point.
Put that £15k in an investment pot, but every time you pay your electric bill, take out what you need to pay what the solar would have saved/earned you, you will find that investment pot runs out long before the solar stops saving money
Here's a calculation I did a few weeks back when someone made exactly the same comment on a YouTube video.
If you're staying in the property long enough, the solar is the winner, especially as what I save every year is then invested in my pension.
Solar and batteries are very cheap now, and energy is overall trending upwards. Anyone who owns a property would be crazy not to consider it, you can even get decent low rate loans so you are paying a loan every month rather than EON/Octopus etc. I think people just don't actually look at the real costs and assume they 'know' rather than having actual knowledge.
That was like me and EVs until I happened to have a meeting with my manager not long after he'd got his and he told me how little it cost him to run which then sent me down the rabbit hole. Before that I'd just assumed anything with a decent range was well out of my price range and I wouldn't be making the sort of massive fuel savings that I now am.
Great news. Mine still shows as 7p at the moment in the App.
Same here. Still 7p overnight.
Is it meant to change April 1st?
You could open your window and listen to the vehicle by you.
Have done that when some exotic stuff has passed.
Ioniq 6 N among those that can make some reasonable noises, apparently porsche copying the gear change tech
with aural feedback/ gear torque plateauing, who knows, maybe you can drive it better; how many ice now have augmented sound anyway
e: maybe octopus will do a tarif for select few where you get payed to use the energy off peak, as they do
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