Agile plunge pricing predictions

[Durzel]

I’m amazed anyone is still on Agile.

I switched to Go Faster several months ago, in the normal pattern of when Agile started to get uncompetitive.

I’ve periodically checked Agile rates, anticipating changing back when they got really nice again as it came into summer, but that never happened. It seems like the days of negative rates, or even just single digit ones, are a distant memory.

All good things I guess.. if I was still on Agile, looking at those rates, I think I’d find a way to be out of the house for the whole day!

 

[NewbieT]

Wholesale gas prices are apparently crazy high…and it’s still summer. Since we burn lots of gas to make electricity, gas price high = electric price high.

 

[s88ats]

Agile is going to be eye-watering tomorrow, most of the day will be hitting the 35p/kWh cap.
I don't think this is going to be a sustainable tariff for much longer if wholesale prices carry on like they are....

I am so thankful I finally switched over from Agile. The prices were becoming redic and I have since been toying with switching back but doesn't look like I should any time soon.

 

[s88ats]

I’m amazed anyone is still on Agile.

I switched to Go Faster several months ago, in the normal pattern of when Agile started to get uncompetitive.

I’ve periodically checked Agile rates, anticipating changing back when they got really nice again as it came into summer, but that never happened. It seems like the days of negative rates, or even just single digit ones, are a distant memory.

All good things I guess.. if I was still on Agile, looking at those rates, I think I’d find a way to be out of the house for the whole day!

Ditto, but agile seems a long way off from when I joined it a year ago. I loved being paid to charge, but now I'm happy to settle for my 5p window

 

[stonecoldrmw]

I have a contact on the inside (nieces bf works for Octopus). They are directed to not recommend Agile to any customer and will only put them on Agile if they are forceful in their request to do so. Said that they are recommending Go to anyone and everyone as that is currently their cheapest tariff.

Unless the wholesale price comes down, there is absolutely 0 chance of the heady days of plunge pricing returning.

 

[ACarneiro]

Eouch! Agile is showing 35p/kWh for the next 24 hours. Drax Electric Insights currently showing wholesale price at £398 per MWh!
Things are definitely not getting better. This could be an "interesting" winter and I wonder if Octopus will have grounds to pull Go or Go Faster bearing in mind they're "beta products"... :/

 

[stonecoldrmw]

Not good news at all.

 

[goRt]

A plunge is now anything less than 35p

 

[Peter 224]

SMUG WARNING!
I'm locked into a tariff with Scottish Power until the end of March 2022 at 15.5p/kwh. I thought about changing to Octopus Energy but given what is happening I'll wait and see where we are next spring.

 

[Stranger Dings]

SMUG WARNING!
I'm locked into a tariff with Scottish Power until the end of March 2022 at 15.5p/kwh. I thought about changing to Octopus Energy but given what is happening I'll wait and see where we are next spring.

Extra smug warning - I’ve got 14.4p KWh and 5p KWh from 00:30-04:30 with Octopus.

I’m in for one hell of a shock when my current deal ends.

 

[Rooster6655]

I’m amazed anyone is still on Agile.

I switched to Go Faster several months ago, in the normal pattern of when Agile started to get uncompetitive.

I’ve periodically checked Agile rates, anticipating changing back when they got really nice again as it came into summer, but that never happened. It seems like the days of negative rates, or even just single digit ones, are a distant memory.

All good things I guess.. if I was still on Agile, looking at those rates, I think I’d find a way to be out of the house for the whole day!

True, I changed in December.

The Octopus Watch app compares the Go tariff to Agile now with the real time data so you can see some real savings comparisons, pretty interesting to see

 

[Jason71]

Extra smug warning - I’ve got 14.4p KWh and 5p KWh from 00:30-04:30 with Octopus.

I’m in for one hell of a shock when my current deal ends.

Extra Extra Smug warning. 13.7p. 8:30-11:30 4.5p

Counting to days until it ends in March

 

[ACarneiro]

Looks like a bit of “the old Agile” going on tonight, with plunge pricing as low as -10.58p/kWh between 0230 and 0300.
Is the dust finally starting to settle?