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Bigdeucey said:

Just read my email and PDF and seen my electric standing charge is going up from 47p to 60p per day. Bloody scam! 

Why so much? My PDF shows 41.612p to 49.770p

daveoc22

I've been on tracker for about a year without smart meters. The email says that smart meters are now required but I have until renewal in Feb 25 to have them fitted, after that it will have to be a different tariff if I've not had them fitted,

MultiFuelBurner

daveoc22 said:

I've been on tracker for about a year without smart meters. The email says that smart meters are now required but I have until renewal in Feb 25 to have them fitted, after that it will have to be a different tariff if I've not had them fitted,

Sounds very reasonable 

PennineAcute

MultiFuelBurner said:

PennineAcute said:

BellaBlondykeTheThird said:

PennineAcute said:

Since I have been on Tracker, my total usage up to and including yesterday was £192.98 inc S.C

My usage on Agile, after downloading all my hourly usage and hourly prices, would have been £222.24 inc SC

A difference of £29.26 in favour of Tracker.

In this period, I used 775.75 kWh of electricity.  My unit price has gone up 3.1p so 3.255p inc VAT

This gives me an extra £25.23.

My SC will be going up 8.16p, multiplied by 139 gives me an extra £11.34. 

So Tracker (Dec 23) over the same period would have cost me £229.65.

Leaving it £7.41 more expensive than Agile over the same period (14/9/23 - 29/1/24).

Not worth the hassle of going back onto Agile IMO, especially as I have a fishtank so heater is in use over the colder periods.

But what hassle has that been you wouldn't have had to look at agile pricing or changed your habits at all?

Ours ins £25 cheaper for the month if we look back and hadn't changed our habits at all.

Fish tank or not lol

I was on Agile for around a month, middle of August, whilst I was waiting to join Tracker.

Over this time, I calculated I would have been 8p a day better off on Tracker.

Whilst on Agile, I was using heavy appliances at the cheaper periods, even if it meant setting the washer/dishwasher on timer to come on at the cheap periods.  Then setting dryer to come on at the next cheapest time.

A few hassles I worked out, over this period.  One was if I came home from work and needed a shower ( it could not be between 4 and 7).  Another was my seizures.  I am prone to soiling/wetting myself during a seizure.  If this happened between 4 and 7, it would turn very expensive in cleaning myself and clothes.  Another was heating.  Use of combi boiler at the expensive peak time rates would hit the savings.

There was a nice bonus, mind you.  Turning TV on, whilst falling asleep was cheap.

Even on Tracker, I am cautious about my peak rate use and try and avoid using high wattage items during this time. 

Why was I looking? To see if I could save money.  Around the £1 a week mark saving and I would have probably gone for it.  £7 over 4.5 months, assuming similar savings over the remaining 7.5, would be around £20.  I have previously moved suppliers for a £50 pa saving.  Would I do it for £20, probably not.

I agree with Bella, without changing a single habit Agile is cheaper for what seems around 60-70% when the new tracker formula arrives 15th Feb without load shifting a thing.

I am sorry to hear about your seizures and given that "new" information and not knowing the context perhaps a less intense tariff is best?

On a separate note I do find during many discussions these days (here and on socials) out of the blue part way down someone mentions a disabled child/health condition/something completely out the blue that renders the discussion mute because it can't really be discussed further without tip toeing around. 

And on that note I tip toe off.

Don't tiptoe.  I am not ashamed.  It is part of me and who I am.

Telegraph_Sam said:

PennineAcute said:

Even on Tracker, I am cautious about my peak rate use and try and avoid using high wattage items during this time. 



I don't follow. I thought that the essential difference between Tracker and Agile is that the former has just the one (variable) rate per day whereas with Agile different rates apply throughout the day every 1/2 hour. Which demands the greater "engagement" from Agile customers.  Am I missing something? 

More for the environment and using greener electricity than anything else.

Largs

Hope everyone has claimed their free hot drink through Octoplus (from Greggs the Baker)

Griffindog

Largs said:

Hope everyone has claimed their free hot drink through Octoplus (from Greggs the Baker)

I could get a drink through Octoplus and a drink, sausage roll or Bacon butty on O2 Priority. Winner winner!

Griffindog

Reply from Octopus - I have replied to say that I am already on a 12 month fixed term and wish to stay on it until it ends. I also attached my screenshot again which clearly shows my tariff and end date.

SAC2334

daveoc22 said:

I've been on tracker for about a year without smart meters. The email says that smart meters are now required but I have until renewal in Feb 25 to have them fitted, after that it will have to be a different tariff if I've not had them fitted,

That could mean you will be moved onto Octopus  Flexible .
 I was in the same position with dumb meters a few weeks ago  and getting nervous I would be removed automatically back to Flexible so I got smart meters fitted yesterday  just in case . 
I got them fitted in around 3 weeks by asking to go on short notice for  any cancellations as firstly I was told there were no vacant slots.
.My meter fitter who came yesterday to fit them said he often has cancellations and has a separate list he keeps so he can keep his work flow up in the area .

Bendo

Griffindog said:

Reply from Octopus - I have replied to say that I am already on a 12 month fixed term and wish to stay on it until it ends. I also attached my screenshot again which clearly shows my tariff and end date.

Why waste your time?  The terms you agreed to clearly stated they could change it regardless of it showing a fixed term or not.

knight123

daveoc22 said:

I've been on tracker for about a year without smart meters. The email says that smart meters are now required but I have until renewal in Feb 25 to have them fitted, after that it will have to be a different tariff if I've not had them fitted,

Presumably you are going to get them fitted? Unless you're not able to pay your bill and are worried about being remotely disconnected, there's really no downside.