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UK Electricity Tariffs for EVs
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It really depends on which charger you pick - they mostly have their own network of approved installers, but very often they are just local electricians who can submit the OLEV paperwork on your behalf to claim the £500 grant.
To help you see what sort of chargers are available take a look at this thread:
[URL="https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/3932848/"]Best home charger[/URL]
MrBadger
Badger out
Just because data is taken from an Api does not mean that it is accurate when presented. I've found errors in composite data from feeds and Api's many times in the past. I've not looked at this data, hence my caveat.
That's deeply unhelpful isn't it
Got to love how many different ways there are to not deliver something helpful atthe customer end.
So you just have one light for the WAN, is it at least a helpful colour like 'green' for example?
They're both green. One is default on and flashes off. One is default off and flashes on.
So utterly useless without documentation about what is ''normal'.
Exactly the same situation as me. I send gas meter readings to Octopus myself but the electricity readings are taken automatically via the smart meter. EDF couldn’t install a gas smart meter for me earlier this year as the cabinet wouldn’t allow for it size wise. But they did installs the SMETS2 electricity smart meter and it works just fine with Octopus.
Thanks for the comments and referral messages but have decided to go for the British Gas Electric Drivers Energy Plan Sep 2021 tariff which has the following benefits:
- Designed exclusively for customers who drive Electric Vehicles
- Lower priced energy to charge your car overnight between 12am-5am each day
- Free smart meter installation if you haven’t got one already
- Secure your energy prices until 30th September 2021
- 100% of your electricity use on this tariff matched with renewable electricity by purchasing Guarantees of Origin (GoOs)
Jason71
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Octopus also do smart meter installation of course. Do you think BG will be quicker? They are a bigger organisation I guess. Just make sure they don't try to fit a SMETS1 or if they do that it is a "secure" brand one otherwise you will not be able to switch it to Octopus and will be stuck.
20ppkw hurts though make sure you run your dishwasher/washing machine/tumble drier etc and anything else high power during the off peak if you can.
hopefully it will go smoothly for you, but be very specific with them about the SMETS2 meter as it could take another year of more to move away if you get the wrong SMETS1 meter.
... or at least you'll be moving without a Smart meter and trying to get the one you have replaced...
ACarneiro
Active Member
20p peak?? Bloody hell!
My Economy 7 tariff is 14p peak a 9p off peak and the off peak period is 50% (ish) longer. And I don’t get lumbered with a smart meter which may or may not work.
Honestly, this thread is really showing the whole smart meter thing in a very poor light...
I joined British Gas 6 months ago as it was the cheapest tariff for me at the time (pre-EV order). I got their smart meter installed a few weeks ago and are now switching to Octopus after confirming that it was compatible (picture attached). I am in the south east and it was a 4 week wait from schedule to meter install.
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I spoke with BG today and they said I'd be able to book my smart meter installation once my account was active in approx 4 weeks time. It's only then I'll know what the lead-time for install is.
Is that meter they installed compatible with Octopus?
Yes, that is SMETS2 and the same one that Octopus installed for me.
I joined with them and had the meter for go installed three weeks later, I'm on south coast, I think it matters where you are in the country.
If you want a referral code for £50 credit then I can provide that...
Jason71
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I think the answers to that will be very mixed. Smart meter installation at this point seems to be a bit of a lottery both in terms of how long it takes and how successful it is. this is not a Octopus specific issue. Seems to be an industry specific issue.
It definitely a lottery. I think you’ll just have to take the plunge and hope for the best. At least with Octopus there are no exit fees, so if it looks like getting a meter is a problem you can then jump ship.
My own smart meters were installed a couple of years ago by OVO, within two weeks of joining them. My sister then struggled to get OVO to install her smart meters for about 18 months! I’m in Derbyshire, she’s in rural Lincolnshire. Luckily my OVO meters work fine with Octopus.
I switched to Octopus and got a smart meter within weeks. They may have prioritised me for wanting to be on the GO tariff. I have since switched to the Agile tariff. I downloaded all the Agile data from their excellent API and matched it to my Solaredge usage data, they also have an excellent API. Modelling the different tariffs against my actual usage I found that I was way better off on Agile than GO, and Agile allows me to sell excess solar production back to the grid where GO doesn't. I am doing a 120 mile daily commute so can't fit all my charging into the GO 4hr cheap rate but I don't think I'd be worse off on Agile even if i did fewer miles. Add solar export and it's a no brainer. So if you don't have solar and do low mileage GO maybe better. What this all shows is that it's not exactly easy to compare tariffs. You have to model your usage data. The various APIs make this possible but you need to know your powershell/JSON/cUrl.
Once the switch to Octopus (non Go tariff initially) had taken place the meter install was only a couple of weeks later. There was another short delay before they realised they should be transferring me onto GO and using the smart meter readings but all has been well. You've probably chosen a referral to use for your £50 ... but there's one available from me if you need it.
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