Octopus Tracker

bristolleedsfan

The reason Agile and Tracker tariffs are currently no brainers is due to huge more so for E, potential EPG reductions Octopus state tariffs qualify for .....

up to 33.43p / kWh discount against your electricity unit rates.

up to 6.7p / kWh discount against your gas unit rates.

RolandFlagg

I spotted this on HUKD as well.

Being able to monitor prices isn't an issue for me as I work from part time from home and can keep checking.

On HUKD they make it sound easy that if prices spike then going to Octopus Standard (I'm on Shell Standard now) will be easy. Just a matter of going into your account and switching from Tracker to Standard.
Is that the case, or may it be more tricky than that?

bristolleedsfan

RolandFlagg said:

I spotted this on HUKD as well.

Being able to monitor prices isn't an issue for me as I work from part time from home and can keep checking.

On HUKD they make it sound easy that if prices spike then going to Octopus Standard (I'm on Shell Standard now) will be easy. Just a matter of going into your account and switching from Tracker to Standard.
Is that the case, or may it be more tricky than that?

Have to contact them to change to and from those tariffs, they are easy to get a response from

The_Green_Hornet

RolandFlagg said:

I spotted this on HUKD as well.

Being able to monitor prices isn't an issue for me as I work from part time from home and can keep checking.

On HUKD they make it sound easy that if prices spike then going to Octopus Standard (I'm on Shell Standard now) will be easy. Just a matter of going into your account and switching from Tracker to Standard.
Is that the case, or may it be more tricky than that?

https://octopus.energy/tracker-faqs/

Officer_Dibble

Switching away should be easy - just an email or phone call. There is a "move out" button on the account page, which might do the same thing - I'd always thought it meant moving home. I think they've introduced a 30 day limit before you can switch back to a smart tariff - it makes sense to stop people picking and choosing on a daily basis - but I can't find that in writing anywhere. Perhaps they only invoke it if you overdo it.

bristolleedsfan

Officer_Dibble said:

SwI think they've introduced a 30 day limit before you can switch back to a smart tariff - it makes sense to stop people picking and choosing on a daily basis - but I can't find that in writing anywhere. Perhaps they only invoke it if you overdo it.

Applies to changing from smart tariff to smart tariff

"move out" button is for moving home

jasonwatkins

I've just made the switch to Octopus based on that thread on HUKD.  A little nervous about it I suppose even though I like to think i'm fairly pro-active with things like this.

I'd appreciate some thoughts on the direct debit situation though.   I plan on switching to the tracker tariff as soon as I'm on supply with them, but is it better to set a low fixed amount for the direct debit and then manually pay the difference each month ?.

Probably down to me being autistic but I'm pretty obsessive about what goes out of my account each month and I prefer it to be fixed amounts so I know exactly how much my outgoings are.   I'm also on UC and PIP so that's probably why I'm fretting over a potential variable direct debit catching me out and being huge one month.

bristolleedsfan

jasonwatkins said:

I've just made the switch to Octopus based on that thread on HUKD.  A little nervous about it I suppose even though I like to think i'm fairly pro-active with things like this.

I'd appreciate some thoughts on the direct debit situation though.   I plan on switching to the tracker tariff as soon as I'm on supply with them, but is it better to set a low fixed amount for the direct debit and then manually pay the difference each month ?.

Probably down to me being autistic but I'm pretty obsessive about what goes out of my account each month and I prefer it to be fixed amounts so I know exactly how much my outgoings are.   I'm also on UC and PIP so that's probably why I'm fretting over a potential variable direct debit catching me out and being huge one month.

Do what is best for you, what you describe, or  ask to change to variable DD which takes full payment 10-14 days after they produce monthly bill 

Officer_Dibble

Thanks bristolleedsfan. If says in the FAQs that you can switch in your account online but I can't see a way of doing it. Not that emailing/ringing/DM on Twitter is much of a hassle anyway.

bristolleedsfan

Officer_Dibble said:

Thanks bristolleedsfan. If says in the FAQs that you can switch in your account online but I can't see a way of doing it. Not that emailing/ringing/DM on Twitter is much of a hassle anyway.

"alternatively you can switch directly in your online account" - never been possible to change to and from tracker in that way.

Since they stopped offering fixed rate tariffs they removed change tariff option within online dashboard