Saving Sessions / Demand reduction thread

Hawk Tuah · 19 Dec 2023 at 19:17

Ron-ski said:
The idea is that those on batteries force export, didn't you just have a power up as well?

I don't have an export tariff.

With two EVs I don't export anything unless I've messed up the settings. The extra expense to set one up wouldn't be worth it for me.

Ron-ski · 19 Dec 2023 at 19:24

Actually I wonder if as long as they can see what you export it would still count. Without an export tariff though they probably don't fetch these readings.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 19 Dec 2023 at 19:34

When you sign up for Octoplus it automatically signs up your export if your export registered with them
Suspect you cannot sign up if you havent setup the export side

Hawk Tuah · 19 Dec 2023 at 20:22

Ron-ski said:
Actually I wonder if as long as they can see what you export it would still count. Without an export tariff though they probably don't fetch these readings.

If there's one tomorrow I might try export for a few minutes and see. My system is quite well balanced with my usage, so exporting too much would just lead to me having to buy power back later at the peak rate.

Ron-ski · 19 Dec 2023 at 20:26

I'm going to be buying from the grid shortly at 28.1p versus the circa £2.53 per kWh I got for exporting in the saving session.

Hawk Tuah · 19 Dec 2023 at 22:07

From 7:30 onwards I've been on 7.5p. It's been an interesting day juggling everything. Last month I managed to prove all the gamification is worth it.

My parents (on octopus standard) used ~350kwh's and their electric bill was ~£110.

I pulled 1130kwh's from the grid but only paid £80 for my electric.

Ron-ski · 19 Dec 2023 at 22:13

@Bug One it certainly is, our gas and electric cost since 1st April to 5th December is about minus £860

alphaomega16 · 20 Dec 2023 at 00:04

Ron-ski said:
@Bug One it certainly is, our gas and electric cost since 1st April to 5th December is about minus £860

Good god, you sure your pv system is up to date for that cashback

On another note do we think there will be any more of these sessions this year?

Ron-ski · 20 Dec 2023 at 06:47

alphaomega16 said:
On another note do we think there will be any more of these sessions this year?

The general chatter seems to think that was the last test session for the year.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 20 Dec 2023 at 08:24

I suspect no more.
Weather is pretty bad so wind based renewables will be pretty high on gen.
Industry etc will start shutting down so demand will start to drop.

JackRegan · 20 Dec 2023 at 08:33

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
I suspect no more.
Weather is pretty bad so wind based renewables will be pretty high on gen.
Industry etc will start shutting down so demand will start to drop.

I noticed this morning the price of electricity on the National Grid website was -£60 per MWh and even now is only £14.32, with wind providing nearly 55% of the national demand.

Troop · 20 Dec 2023 at 10:37

Ron-ski said:
Actually I wonder if as long as they can see what you export it would still count. Without an export tariff though they probably don't fetch these readings.

When the saving session data is available for the 14th I'll let you know, I exported .5kwh just to see if it registers with them, all saving sessions I usually get 8 points, I use nothing in the session window.
The SMET2 meter registered the export.

We will see!. (Octopus GO Tariff)

HungryHippos · 20 Dec 2023 at 10:38

Export data will be taken from export tariff I think, I suspect exporting anything without one won't do anything.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 20 Dec 2023 at 10:46

Troop said:
When the saving session data is available for the 14th I'll let you know, I exported .5kwh just to see if it registers with them, all saving sessions I usually get 8 points, I use nothing in the session window.
The SMET2 meter registered the export.

We will see!. (Octopus GO Tariff)

Already tried it, but nothing is recorded without an export tariff

Troop · 20 Dec 2023 at 10:48

Pyr0m@nI@]{ said:
Already tried it, but nothing is recorded without an export tariff

Damn! they have had .5kwh for free, I won't sleep tonight

Just to add during the export nothing showed on the IHD

Hawk Tuah · 20 Dec 2023 at 11:04

Troop said:
Damn! they have had .5kwh for free, I won't sleep tonight

Just to add during the export nothing showed on the IHD

If you export energy from your batteries/inverter to the grid - does nothing show outgoing on your IHD?

JackRegan · 20 Dec 2023 at 11:19

The app just updated my SS figures for yesterday.

Now for Octopus to catch up, they're still processing the 12/12

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 20 Dec 2023 at 11:35

Says I managed to export 4.01kW and my baseline is -0.03kW, saving 3.98kW which earns 7160 rewards worth £8.95.

I got home from work a little late, so didn't start discharging until about 17:10.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 20 Dec 2023 at 11:38

Mr consistent

session	import	export	baseline	saved	reward	earnings
2023-11-16T17:30:00.000Z	0.352	2.347	0.0055	2.3424	4216	5.27
2023-11-29T17:00:00.000Z	0.003	5.352	1.4525	6.8015	21768	27.21
2023-12-01T16:30:00.000Z	0	6.549	0.8833	7.4323	23776	29.72
2023-12-05T17:30:00.000Z	0	4.693	1.1801	5.8731	10568	13.21
2023-12-12T17:00:00.000Z	0	4.66	0.8936	5.5536	9992	12.49
2023-12-14T17:00:00.000Z	0.279	4.501	0.7829	5.0049	9008	11.26
2023-12-15T17:00:00.000Z	0	4.563	0.7829	5.3459	9624	12.03
2023-12-19T17:00:00.000Z	0	4.683	0.779	5.462	9832	12.29

alphaomega16 · 20 Dec 2023 at 12:19

Stupid inverter ramping down, earned less than £12