Octopus Power Ups and Free Energy Sessions

Washing got hung outside so no tumble
Batteries managed to get to around 70% as we got unexpected sun, but topped with 30% from grid (around 3kwh)
Forced diverting to the hot water right now, set for 1hr45mins. (so from 2:05-3:50 roughly)
Should probably time out as the water hits max. I had a nice long (free in effect) hot shower this morning to use up some hot water.

Solar is around 1.7kw right now, so could be exporting before the 2-4 period is up!
Assume I will still be paid for that...

Batts are on forced charge, but around 3:50pm I will switch back to self use.
 
The whole feature seems weird to me. 'Spare green energy'? But, there's not much wind and there's clouds in the sky. Where's the spare energy coming from?

Great for me to do some electric intensive jobs that I was going to have to do today anyway, while there's not a lot of sun around - but I can't see how this is benefitting the grid.
 
Bug One said:
The whole feature seems weird to me. 'Spare green energy'? But, there's not much wind and there's clouds in the sky. Where's the spare energy coming from?

Great for me to do some electric intensive jobs that I was going to have to do today anyway, while there's not a lot of sun around - but I can't see how this is benefitting the grid.
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Same, didn't seem windy

Could be that Octopus have excess even when the grid doesn't of course.
 
Another tomorrow!

Luckily I planned to empty my batteries again tonight for testing with the technical support guys from Solax.
Timing is nigh on perfect since I would expect to hit minimum SOC in batteries around lunchtime / early pm tomorrow
So can force charge them up from empty again
 
I've found that skipping the boiler run before the power up and after is a good use of the free electric. I got 90 minutes run time from the immersion heater before it hit the cylinder's thermostat limit last time around.

Unfortunately I don't have batteries or an ev
 
Another today
Thats the 5th so far, all been 2-4pm

18 Aug
31 Aug
5 Sep
7 Sept
12 Sept

Long may the freebies continue!

If your in a valid Octopus area this alone may well end up being worth the switch if you have an EV and/or home battery storage

If this does happen in winter it will be awesome to charge my batts at any time of the day
 
I've only seen the energy repaid for the first one though. No info about how much was used etc like the second email.

Octopus developers getting overwhelmed again with all the new gimmicks?
 
I am same, we/I got the 18th session credited on the 30th, so 12 days lag
If thats a decent yardstick then the 31st should hit any day.

They hit the same issues with the savings sessions. I think a lot is mainly they want to batch the whole thing, and as such where they get iffy meter data they need to give it so long before the exclude those customers.

Edit, based on my bill I think I am due 7.9kwh refund for the 31st. I was charged £1.76 its no massive amount.
It saved me 60p really since this time of year I am never really paying for any peak units.
Still every penny counts ;)
 
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They came back with below when I asked them about credit

Hey, it's great to hear you'd like to keep taking part. Your first session has been credited, and in a few weeks, we'll credit back the cost of electricity used during any further Power-ups! Stay tuned for more opportunities to save!
 
So far...

£0.97
£0.13 :(
£1.96
£1.08

I reckon I should hit £2+ for today's event, I got a solid 2 hours out of the immersion heater
 
£2.10
£2.89
£2.80
£4.09

Had the Audi available to charge at 6kw for the last one, so managed to squeeze a bit more juice from the grid in the timeslot.
 
Hmm funny that I chased them yesterday and they said a couple of weeks and now they have come in already, oh well anyway:

1) £0.54 (very strong solar day so didn't need any power really)
2) £3.18
3) £2.66
4) £3.23

Reality is I gained about 30% of those values because I heated water etc that would be done by gas normally.
Still I am not complaining however, long may the free energy last!
 
Ive over cooked this one.
Hardly charged batts last night (well in reality didnt as was at % target) but I hadnt figured on my panels being damp, time of year I guess.
As West facing they are slowly clearing but are around 50% down on generation so I am drawing from grid atm.
Not much but a bit!

Needs a recalc for next session!
 
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