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Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

Pat38493

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

masonic

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Pat38493

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

noitsnotme

Telegraph_Sam said:

There's an Octopus Energy app listed and also an Electroverse. I assume that it's the former?

Yes.  

Electroverse is an app for accessing and paying for EV charging on various networks.

Spies

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

It's certainly starting to look like tracker might be becoming more competitive than agile, certainly in this past week! 

Pat38493

Spies said:

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

It's certainly starting to look like tracker might be becoming more competitive than agile, certainly in this past week! 

Yes - I am expecting that Tracker will be better than Agile for me for the next few months, but I have not switched yet because I am not sure that I want to risk the 9 months time out if I decide to then leave tracker again if prices go really high for a long time.  Still debating it in my head.

In fact tomorrow, there is not even a single continuous hour where the agile rate is lower than the tracker rate.  I think something must have happened between 10am and 4pm that pushed it up more as normally there would be more slots below tracker rate.

masonic

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

Oh, that's a recent addition. I was previously using the app for a couple of years, but gave up on it as there was no support for Tracker. I see they've also finally fixed the bug where they'd hard coded Agile pricing from a previous version of the tariff.

Pat38493

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

Oh, that's a recent addition. I was previously using the app for a couple of years, but gave up on it as there was no support for Tracker. I see they've also finally fixed the bug where they'd hard coded Agile pricing from a previous version of the tariff.

I only started using it recently but there are a lot of tariffs you can select and download and often thay have various iterations of the same tariff e.g. Feb 2023, Nov 2022 or whatever.

masonic

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

masonic said:

Pat38493 said:

Spies said:

Is there any way to run actual usage through a site to see if tracker would be better than agile? 

If you are already with Octopus and you have a decent amount of history you can do this with the Octopus compare app - it even has a "shift" feature that allows you to attempt to compare tariffs based on load shifting your history appropriately for each one.  You have to mess around with the settings a bit to make it work reasonably well.

I think there might also be a web site for this but it doesn't do that shifting thing - I don't have the link sorry.

Octopus Compare doesn't include Tracker in its set of tariffs.

Yes it does - I am looking at the screen now and I have set it to compare my current tariff (Agile) with Tracker.  You have to download the tariff from the settings if you didn't do it from the start.

Oh, that's a recent addition. I was previously using the app for a couple of years, but gave up on it as there was no support for Tracker. I see they've also finally fixed the bug where they'd hard coded Agile pricing from a previous version of the tariff.

I only started using it recently but there are a lot of tariffs you can select and download and often thay have various iterations of the same tariff e.g. Feb 2023, Nov 2022 or whatever.

Yes, it was only the Tracker that was missing. Tracker pricing uses a different API endpoint and arguments than all of the other tariffs, so I guess it took the HUKD masses to popularise the tariff enough for the developer to add it.