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Free Electricity Monday 11th May
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MrBadger
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So 4pm - 7pm is a fixed 13p (13.65p/kWh) surcharge rather than just natural change in wholesale pricing. Never realised that. So it really is there just to disincentivise use between those hours.
The tariff is intended to encourage change, so there is an increased penalty in that peak period.
This isn't an attempt to make more money in that peak time period as in an ideal world nobody on the tariff would be using power at that time of day.
It is just a deliberate decision to make that time period a lot less attractive.
I did the sums - and it was cheaper for me to move from Go to Agile even without having solar or battery backup.
We aren't changing much in the house either - I've just asked that we try to avoid putting the washing machine or tumble drier on between 4-7pm. Dishwasher goes on overnight anyway.
We aren't changing much in the house either - I've just asked that we try to avoid putting the washing machine or tumble drier on between 4-7pm. Dishwasher goes on overnight anyway.
Russinating
M3 SR+
Just switched to Agile from Go, flip over at midnight. Where I can view the upcoming day's rates?
This has been my experience as well. We don't have battery backup nor solar. I do work from home (well I did before the pandemic and will afterwards) so my usage is higher during the day and being on the 7-9p/hour of Agile vs the 14p from Go make a bg difference.
The only way I really change my behaviour vs when I was on Go is to look at the rates and plan car charging windows more than I would have with Go. Go was set and forget. With Agile, I will sometimes pay more than the 5p I have on Go BUT the savings throughout the day more than make up for it overall.
They are published just after 4pm.
You can log on to your account to see them.
I use IFTTT to post to a Google sheet and then do a Macro to manipulate the CSV into another tab that has the 30 min periods.
There are apps out there too.
Enjoy!
Also switching to Agile from Go at midnight. While examining Agile over the last few days, I used the third party app OctopusWatch (£1.99). There are a couple of other third party apps. Does Octopus has its own app for Agile customers? I can't see it on the App Store.
Russinating
M3 SR+
Are they just straight up on the main account page? Just trying to work out if I can't see them because I've not actually switched yet, or just looking in the wrong page.
Good to know about IFTTT. Another Pi project in the pipeline it seems...
I couldn't see them until I activated onto Agile officially. Yes, they are on the main account page.
Once you are actually on Agile you will see the details on your main account page:
I have also found the app 'Octopus Energy Watchdog' to be well worth the modest price.
Octopus do not publish their own app, they have provided an API which allows app developers to work with the data and of course allows us as users to download consumption and tariff data.
Personally I use Excel together with the API to get the information I need.
I have also found the app 'Octopus Energy Watchdog' to be well worth the modest price.
Octopus do not publish their own app, they have provided an API which allows app developers to work with the data and of course allows us as users to download consumption and tariff data.
Personally I use Excel together with the API to get the information I need.
Me three! Been meaning to for several days, but pulled the trigger today. I don't actually need to charge much, and I've only got the car on the circuit, but Agile seems more practical for adhoc charging and preconditioning before setting off for work (when it comes to it)
ACarneiro
Active Member
Well, I suspect the backlog for SMETS installations will be so huge that I don’t think I have the energy to go down that route. By all accounts it sounds like it was a dodgy process even before all this mess...
Don't expect to necessarily save on the car charging directly. If we break out the car charging, it actually works out marginally more expensive vs Go. The real savings come from typical usage throughout the day where, for me, it's a significant savings. Even covering the additional amount used in charging, I still come out ahead.
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