Octopus Agile

[darkNstormy]

Finally got changed over yesterday. Just in time for 2.7p/kWh in the wee hours forthcoming. Must be windy!

 

[NorfolkMustard]

I foolishly filled up with ~7p today instead.

 

[darkNstormy]

I've just been around the North Yorks Moors today with the boy, so I'm down at 20%...

 

[Epico]

Not a great time to change , look at this evening! Even after the peak hours!

 

[NorfolkMustard]

Very low wind and Nuclear. Lots of expensive high carbon sources being brought in to fill the gap

 

[Zigway]

Yes, it's a pretty painful picture at the moment, with only 2% from wind and coal filling in nearly 7% gap, but at least solar is 9%. Shows that we have some way to go before we can fully remove coal when the wind isn't blowing. G. B. National Grid status

 

[Mr Miserable]

National Grid paid about £50 million for Sizewell B to be shutdown to assist in grid balancing.
In retrospect that appears to have been a bad decision (who'd have guessed) with coal fired stations having to be brought back online and record high wholesale prices.
I think there needs to be an enquiry into this decision because there is only one organisation benefiting from this cosy arrangement. And it's French.

 

[Jeeves]

So, what’s the consenus? Do we think this is a temporary situation and Agile rates will go back down, or is this the end of Agile being so clearly more beneficial for those of us that can switch their demand to the lowest-cost periods?

 

[Scan Man]

So, what’s the consenus? Do we think this is a temporary situation and Agile rates will go back down, or is this the end of Agile being so clearly more beneficial for those of us that can switch their demand to the lowest-cost periods?

I believe it to be temporary, there are a few nuclear reactors down for maintenance at the moment and combined with low wind is pushing up the wholesale prices. Also, the cost of gas is increasing at the moment, which it historically does at this time of year anyway. It has also been warm, which increases the load as thousands of aircon units are being cranked up.

 

[stonecoldrmw]

If it doesn't sort itself out soon, I'll be off to Go!

 

[Jeeves]

I believe it to be temporary, there are a few nuclear reactors down for maintenance at the moment and combined with low wind is pushing up the wholesale prices. Also, the cost of gas is increasing at the moment, which it historically does at this time of year anyway. It has also been warm, which increases the load as thousands of aircon units are being cranked up.

That’s my take on it too. My rolling 30-day average is still below 10p/kWh (excluding VAT and standing charge). That’s still below the off-peak EV tariff I used to have with EDF.

 

[dan223]

Switched over to go last night otherwise it probably would have been a pretty expensive day, and the next few days look fairly expensive to, thought not as bad as today. There's a few nuclear reactors due back on by the end of the month, though I imagine as we get into the winter there is going to be more demand on electric so we probably won't see very cheap days until we get some windy weather.

 

[Harry L]

Even with the high rates at the moment, it's still cheaper than a regular tariff outside of the 16:00 - 19:00 peak, and still currently better value than Go, with only 4 hours of cheap electricity.

 

[rotor2k]

My current 7 day average on Agile is 9.87p/kWh which is well below the 15p that Go costs for 83% of the day. A single charging session of around 2 hours in those 7 days.

 

[Epico]

I'm averaging 10.4p/kWh over the past week but the solar is doing the job at the moment of charging the car and covering pretty much fully between 9am and 5pm, with the occasional wife related blip...

 

[MrBadger]

Schoolboy maths but averaged under 8p/kWh on Go yesterday.

 

[Epico]

Longing for good old days in June where I got paid £1.67 to spank 84 kwh

 

[Erewegoagain]

How long did Octopus take to change you onto Go or Agile? I joined them on the 28th, they tell me the smart meter is fine, but absolutely no idea when I can get onto a decent tariff to charge the car with

 

[Epico]

My switch was pretty much the next day but I have read of others who have taken ages...just keep pestering octopus if it's just them bring lax on their side?

 

[LukeUK]

How long did Octopus take to change you onto Go or Agile? I joined them on the 28th, they tell me the smart meter is fine, but absolutely no idea when I can get onto a decent tariff to charge the car with

I've just moved to Go and the various emails and account messages said that they need to track your meter data for approx. 2 weeks before they will switch you to Go. In my case, I was waiting for my old SMETS1 meter to be changed by Octopus to a new SMETS2 meter, so it was pretty obvious when this window started. I had the message notifying me they were ready to move me to Go within the two week timescale. I think it was around 10 days or so.

Octopus have been pretty good at replying to my emails within 36 hours or so. Far easier than sitting on hold on the phone.