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niktheguru said:

... perhaps green energy will come at a premium to start with due to setup and infrastructure costs. Is everyone willing to pay that?

The answer is yes, and we're paying that premium at the moment. On the same site as Dogger Bank A P1 you'll find East Anglia One. EA 1 Phase 1 started generating in 2019 for a strike price of (currently) £141.63/MWh.

Sorry, I'll stop distracting from Octopus now.

BargainBear

The dream would be to go totally off grid for energy when we get our forever home. Enough solar panels/roof tiles/whatever the best bang for buck technology is at that time for electric, with enough battery storage to keep things running during the winter months.  Probably looking at heat pump and AC for hot water and heating/cooling.

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BargainBear said:

The dream would be to go totally off grid for energy when we get our forever home. Enough solar panels/roof tiles/whatever the best bang for buck technology is at that time for electric, with enough battery storage to keep things running during the winter months.  Probably looking at heat pump and AC for hot water and heating/cooling.

We can all dream. I have a 7kWp array: total generation last December was 147kWhs. My best day was 10.3kWhs and worst day 300Whs. Anyone wanting to go off grid in the winter with a heat pump will need a very big solar array and a massive battery.

BargainBear

Forever home will hopefully have enough land that I'd love to have space for a decent sized array as well as a small wind farm to make the most of everything mother nature has to offer. I'm hoping by that time that battery technology for the end user will have caught up to meet our needs.

bristolleedsfan

Headlines today, Octopus fixed rate gas is up again, 5.01p+ kwh rate, now 24% above October 1st energy cap, that equates to two more huge energy cap rises 1 April 2022 and 1 October 2022 albeit those taking out Octopus fixed rate gas tariff who are not aware will be paying that much above energy cap this winter.

Before someone says about high gas wholesale prices, it is one of the most expensive gas fixed kwh rates

Octopus standard fixed rate Electricity kwh rate is now the same as October 1st energy cap maximum

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bristolleedsfan said:

Headlines today, Octopus fixed rate gas is up again, kwh rate now 24% above October 1st energy cap, that equates to two more huge energy cap rises 1 April 2022 and 1 October 2022 albeit those taking out fixed rate tariff who are not aware will be paying that much above energy cap this winter.

Before someone says about high gas wholesale prices, it is one of the most expensive gas fixed kwh rates

As I have posted before, I think that Octopus is slowly but deliberately moving away from the supply of gas. The Company’s UK focus is now very much on renewable energy; technology; heat pump R&D and production, and innovative time-of-use electricity tariffs. Their CEO is also on record as saying that the price of gas has to rise to encourage people to move across to heat pumps.

tlcgrantham

Is Octopus Flexible Gas tariff in effect fixed by the Price Cap at 4p kWh until 1 April 2022.

bristolleedsfan

tlcgrantham said:

Is Octopus Flexible Gas tariff in effect fixed by the Price Cap at 4p kWh until 1 April 2022.

Yes it is, Octopus tend to price flexible variable tariff below energy cap, some of the earlier monthly named versions have not had all increases passed on.

tlcgrantham

bristolleedsfan said:

tlcgrantham said:

Is Octopus Flexible Gas tariff in effect fixed by the Price Cap at 4p kWh until 1 April 2022.

Yes it is, Octopus tend to price flexible variable tariff below energy cap, some of the earlier monthly named versions have not had all increases passed on.

Thanks. I’m on Go Faster but my gas was with PFP who have gone bust. So Octopuses Flexible Gas tariff looks a good option if Octopus allow me to switch to it.

bristolleedsfan

tlcgrantham said:

bristolleedsfan said:

tlcgrantham said:

Is Octopus Flexible Gas tariff in effect fixed by the Price Cap at 4p kWh until 1 April 2022.

Yes it is, Octopus tend to price flexible variable tariff below energy cap, some of the earlier monthly named versions have not had all increases passed on.

Thanks. I’m on Go Faster but my gas was with PFP who have gone bust. So Octopuses Flexible Gas tariff looks a good option if Octopus allow me to switch to it.

Octopus will bring  your gas over manually ( not via a link) to Flexible Gas tariff if you ask them to do so

According to TCB compare, switching directly no cashback now

2 Year Fix v8 Paperless SSE no exit fees 26.765p per day  All kWh 4.148p  24 month fixed

Octopus 24 month fixed no exit fees gas rate  5.01p+ kwh rate,