Octopus Tracker

Telegraph_Sam

masonic said:

Telegraph_Sam said:

One reason not to switch to Agile for those looking for a hassle free life? There must be umpteen times more readings to check with A

I've been on Agile twice and at no time did I need to check any readings. If anything was missing, no bill would come, so unlike Tracker I could use that as an indication I needed to get them to pull the missing data. Which they did without fail. Before I wrote my own bill calculator using the API I just used Octopus Compare to verify the total billed was correct.

I am not aware of any data outages since I joined Tracker for the two fuels (elec smart, gas non-smart). Should this occur would it only be noticeable by some notification on my bill - by which time it would have been too late to rectify the omission manually? Is it apparent when averaging has been applied?

MeteredOut

MultiFuelBurner said:

Spies said:

My parents (well my dad) are stubborn and wont move to anyone other than British Gas 

Same here despite him being very intelligent.

My mother in law was that same. I'm sure she once stated the gas provided by British Gas was so much more reliable than the gas those others gas companies provided. I'd not have been surprised if she thought that the french gas I got from EDF actually smelled of garlic.

MultiFuelBurner

MeteredOut said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Spies said:

My parents (well my dad) are stubborn and wont move to anyone other than British Gas 

Same here despite him being very intelligent.

My mother in law was that same. I'm sure she once stated the gas provided by British Gas was so much more reliable than the gas those others gas companies provided. I'd not have been surprised if she thought that the french gas I got from EDF actually smelled of garlic.

Which begs the question does Scottish Power gas smell of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties?

Telegraph_Sam

You mean Glenfiddich 12

Robgmun

Surprising jump in electric for tomorrow considering how windy it's all been.

Robgmun

Spies said:

In December I saved around £70 in total from being on tracker for both gas and electric, I don't get why anyone would choose to be on the SVR rate really. 

I saved about £100 compared to the same month last year. Completely agree with you. 

Stevie1

MultiFuelBurner said:

Android has Octopus Compare
Gas tracker.uk is also good for gas and electricity and emails of prices daily.

Perhaps that's your misunderstanding of what is available for android users @Slinky ?

I have put a few friends and family to tracker but have advised them lately with the upcoming formula change and their areas (London and East of England) they are going to be on the expensive end of the formula changes.

It may be the case come July/August/September and the increases expected in energy prices by predictors such as Cornwall Insights leading into October 1st Q3 2024 that the difference between SVT and Tracker December 2023 v1 formula be down to between 5-15% on average for some regions (again this is all best guess at this stage)

For those of us that have already saved money from being on tracker this won't be an issue we will average it out over months or years and take the highs with the lows but it does become less easy to explain as a saving tariff to new adopters especially with no cap (well very high caps)

Regardless I personally will stop pushing tracker until we have seen later into this year for the reasons given above.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but there are still potentially 9 or 10 months of savings to be made on Tracker, compared with Octopus' Flexible?

masonic

Telegraph_Sam said:

masonic said:

Telegraph_Sam said:

One reason not to switch to Agile for those looking for a hassle free life? There must be umpteen times more readings to check with A

I've been on Agile twice and at no time did I need to check any readings. If anything was missing, no bill would come, so unlike Tracker I could use that as an indication I needed to get them to pull the missing data. Which they did without fail. Before I wrote my own bill calculator using the API I just used Octopus Compare to verify the total billed was correct.

I am not aware of any data outages since I joined Tracker for the two fuels (elec smart, gas non-smart). Should this occur would it only be noticeable by some notification on my bill - by which time it would have been too late to rectify the omission manually? Is it apparent when averaging has been applied?

You wouldn't notice it unless you knew your actual daily consumption figures, but I think like meter reading history, this is now only available via the app. As you've been submitting manual reads, this itself would cause a discrepancy.

MultiFuelBurner

Stevie1 said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Android has Octopus Compare
Gas tracker.uk is also good for gas and electricity and emails of prices daily.

Perhaps that's your misunderstanding of what is available for android users @Slinky ?

I have put a few friends and family to tracker but have advised them lately with the upcoming formula change and their areas (London and East of England) they are going to be on the expensive end of the formula changes.

It may be the case come July/August/September and the increases expected in energy prices by predictors such as Cornwall Insights leading into October 1st Q3 2024 that the difference between SVT and Tracker December 2023 v1 formula be down to between 5-15% on average for some regions (again this is all best guess at this stage)

For those of us that have already saved money from being on tracker this won't be an issue we will average it out over months or years and take the highs with the lows but it does become less easy to explain as a saving tariff to new adopters especially with no cap (well very high caps)

Regardless I personally will stop pushing tracker until we have seen later into this year for the reasons given above.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but there are still potentially 9 or 10 months of savings to be made on Tracker, compared with Octopus' Flexible?

What part?

The new formula?

The price cap predictions and the shortening of savings?

The probability the price will breach the cap more times under the new formula?

The harder sell to other people.about the savings and risk?

Yes we all hope.we save as much as possible and in a years time the new formula still shows healthy savings. But we have to consider the risks.

Telegraph_Sam

I don't know if there are graphs available showing the "trend lines" of Tracker vs Flexible. Nor if the two are in any way linked. I'd guess that one could at any time be higher or lower than the other - without any 9 - 10 month time limit?