Avro Energy reviews: Give your feedback

Consumerist

Anyanka1 said:

. . . How sad; I hate variable tariffs but guess I will just have to watch it every day; what a bore.

Looking on the bright side, when the crisis subsides you'll be watching your prices come down.

LippyDoodle

Octopus secures up to $600m from investment fund set up by Al Gore.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/27/octopus-secures-up-to-600m-from-investment-fund-set-up-by-al-gore

Consumerist

Probably applied to switch 3 weeks ago when it was available.

polymaff

Anyanka1 said:

As above, why would anyone opt for the Flexible October tariff when, according to the link posted above, the September version is still available and appreciably cheaper?

So many on this and other forums can't move on from the fixed tariff mentality.  Did you really think that you'd win by having bagged the September tariff when it was available?

Consumerist

But surely, even if the site says the tariff is 'available' but you can't apply for it then either it is not actually available to apply for or else your browser settings may need some adjustment.

QrizB

IanManc said:

Qriz, may I ask you how you changed to Octopus today and got onto a variable tariff?

and

Consumerist said:

Probably applied to switch 3 weeks ago when it was available.

Yes, Octopus were offering a variable tariff when I signed up (I was hoping to join Go but you can't go straight onto that, you need to go to a "normal" tariff first and I chose Flexible). The tariff when I applied to switch was Flexible Octopus July 2021 V1.

Octopus have bumped up the daytime Go tariff significantly since my switch started and I'll need to look carefully at the numbers and see if it's worth changing from Flexible.

2010

Whatever rate Octopus puts us on, it is virually "fixed" until April 22 by the price cap.
There are no exit fees so if anything comes up worth switching to before April you can do it.

MWT

IanManc said:

Consumerist said:

But surely, even if the site says the tariff is 'available' but you can't apply for it then either it is not actually available to apply for or else your browser settings may need some adjustment.

There's nothing wrong with my browser settings. Octopus only let you get an online quote for two very expensive fixed tariffs, which they call their "most popular", despite having numerous tariffs shown on their site as "available".

If it helps, Octopus are unusual in that they allow existing customers to switch to any of their currently available tariffs as shown in the tariff list.

This doesn't mean that all the tariffs you see there are available to new customers not yet with them, so you will always see differences between the full list and those offered to a new customer.

Once onboard with Octopus you can request a transfer to one of the other tariffs, or at least it has certainly been possible up to now, I guess we have to wait and see if anything changes in that regard with current circumstances....

polymaff

2010 said:

Whatever rate Octopus puts us on, it is virually "fixed" until April 22 by the price cap.
There are no exit fees so if anything comes up worth switching to before April you can do it.

Providing the price cap still exists.  It is not a given that it will be.

westv

I'm curious to know what the "Flexible October" tariffs are.
My switch to Avro/Octopus won't complete until next week so they haven't contacted me just yet but I would like some idea now of what I'll be charged.