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bristolleedsfan

Telegraph_Sam said:

bristolleedsfan said:

You were also considering Tracker Tariff- Standing Charge is just over 8p per day ( nearly £30 per year) less than Go Tariff (25p per day)

Thursday 18th Tracker Tariff rates my region      13.41p/kWh16.88p/dayAll rates inc. VAT)===

Are these rates for your region and not for mine - the North East?
It's real swings and roundabouts stuff.  I am gradually coming round to the view that the Go (not Faster) might be the best deal since their peak time tariff is "only" 12.93 p and this compensates for the 25p daily charge. But do you need a smart meter for Go (as well as for Go Faster) and Tracker?

Tracker operates fine with as well as without a Smart Meter, all Go variations require a Smart Meter

My Region is North West, this is todays tracker rates random postcode in North East

Octopus Tracker v1 ElectricityUnit rate: 13.40 p/kWh Standing charge: 18.73 p/day

Gas Unit rate: 2.79 p/kWh  Standing charge: 15.09 p/day

Prices change daily based on wholesale costs

Telegraph_Sam

Thanks. Tracker does indeed look worthy of further investigation. Where do you go in order to get the details and data that you have sent me an extract of?

bristolleedsfan

Telegraph_Sam said:

Thanks. Tracker does indeed look worthy of further investigation. Where do you go in order to get the details and data that you have sent me an extract of?

Put postcode in, do not click get quote, list of tariffs should load, scroll until you see tracker tariff more than a dozen tariffs down listings shows most recent/current day depending on what time of the day it is looked up, https://octopus.energy/tariffs/ (Those who are on Tracker Tariff see current day on account dashboard from Midnight of forthcoming day)

Telegraph_Sam

Done it tks.  Looks like you can only see the "current" daily costs, not get any historical background like what you quoted earlier? Ideally one would be able to get a feel for what the "average" is and whether there are seasonal rather than minor daily variations.

jessmist

Hi,
Can you go on the tracker tariff without a smart meter ?

bristolleedsfan

jessmist said:

Hi,
Can you go on the tracker tariff without a smart meter ?

Yes .....

bristolleedsfan

Telegraph_Sam said:

Done it tks.  Looks like you can only see the "current" daily costs, not get any historical background like what you quoted earlier? Ideally one would be able to get a feel for what the "average" is and whether there are seasonal rather than minor daily variations.

You seemingly if you wish to can check out the daily rates until your switch completes

I think if you contact Octopus they will give you an average rate quote/illustration, I would rather go by what the rates are today and ongoing days being if it shoots up can switch tariffs

Telegraph_Sam

In fairness to Octopus their site does indeed give me their prediction compared with my current costs, very efficiently. I have however asked about historical prices just to get an idea.  Sure thing is that if these shoot up it will be just after I have switched to the Tracker. Looks interesting though

Telegraph_Sam

Based on your historical experience do you get the feeling that today's costs are relatively on the high rather than the low side?

niktheguru

This may be useful if you want to see estimated costs on their tracker plan: https://peter-thomson.com/octopus-energy/octopus-energy-intro.html
Sam you seem convinced you want to join octopus, but keep looking at smart meter based plans, but then not wanting a smart meter, now wanting a tracker where prices change daily! I'm very interested to see where you end up!!