Octopus Tracker

bristolleedsfan

QrizB said:

bristolleedsfan said:

People can bang on as much as they like about gas being cheaper than SVR or not much different than fixed rates,12 month averages, does not alter fact all tracker gas customers are paying more so far this winter than consumers with/without smart meters who fixed with no exit fees late July - first week in August ( 5.39p kWh ish as well as early October.5.47p kWh ish.

Gas is 5.58p/kWh for me today, which is less than either the current Nov24v3 fix of 6.08, or the Oct24v1 fix of 5.60. Jul24v1 was 5.54 which is fractionally less.

It'll be interesting to see how the whole month averages out. November's bill averaged at 5.72, which (for the ~1000kWh I used that period) cost me an extra ~£1.80 vs. the July fix.

I'm also saving a couple of pence a day on the standing charge vs. any of those fixes.

North West - I fixed on July version you mentioned @5.39p kWh, left Octopus for incentive elsewhere returned and fixed @ 5.46p kWh on October version you mentioned. ( I then left Octopus again for incentive elsewhere)

December Tracker Dec 2023 version last 7 days 

Avg    5.72p

New

Min    5.48p ( today is 5.49p)

New

Max    5.83p

October 2024 Tracker version

Avg    6.14p

New

Min    5.9p

New

Max    6.25p

northernstar007

masonic and agile customer has had a hammering 100p kwh, im avg 21.6 for dec so far being on agile in the NE so pricey anyway, with a descent weekend ahead i hope to bring that avg down with a cpl of washes

masonic

northernstar007 said:

masonic and agile customer has had a hammering 100p kwh, im avg 21.6 for dec so far being on agile in the NE so pricey anyway, with a descent weekend ahead i hope to bring that avg down with a cpl of washes

For me the 11th and 12th have costed me £1.52 and £1.03 respectively. Would have been £2.76 and £1.51 on Agile (without load-shifting) or £1.33 and £0.90 on Flexible.

Costs are so low as I have cut my consumption to the bone. Tend to average £1.00-£1.50 per day on a weekday normally.

Today should be similar to the 11th, so I have come through relatively unscathed. One has to put up with such blips occasionally.

Telegraph_Sam

It will / would be interesting as 15th Feb gets nearer to take a medium term backwards look on how anyone on Tracker or Agile (or even Tomato) would have fared in comparison. This should provide a "perspective" against which to judge the headline grabbing spot prices which feature in the corresp at present. I guess Compare will be the best vehicle for this? Though they don't do averages.

Pat38493

masonic said:

northernstar007 said:

masonic and agile customer has had a hammering 100p kwh, im avg 21.6 for dec so far being on agile in the NE so pricey anyway, with a descent weekend ahead i hope to bring that avg down with a cpl of washes

For me the 11th and 12th have costed me £1.52 and £1.03 respectively. Would have been £2.76 and £1.51 on Agile (without load-shifting) or £1.33 and £0.90 on Flexible.

Costs are so low as I have cut my consumption to the bone. Tend to average £1.00-£1.50 per day on a weekday normally.

Today should be similar to the 11th, so I have come through relatively unscathed. One has to put up with such blips occasionally.

On the other side, I saved £9 each on both days by switching to Go for those 2 days.   For the calendar month of November I would have been better off on Go than Agile.  All other months in the last year I was better on Agile.

For December to date, Go is better for me - of course those savings could be wiped out in the next few weeks - we'll see how it goes.

jcb208

Now thinking of going on electric fix at 22.18p and maybe stay on a gas tracker when contract ends 21/12 ,last winter gas was cheaper then a fix

Slinky

jcb208 said:

Now thinking of going on electric fix at 22.18p and maybe stay on a gas tracker when contract ends 21/12 ,last winter gas was cheaper then a fix

I fixed gas last winter, realised my mistake and paid £75 to get off the fix. Still saved money.

Spoonie_Turtle

Apropos of nothing in particular, just:

Yay, normal service resumed!  Prices back below the cap now, I (we?) can relax again.

[Not that I was too worried, I was just conscious of it the last few days, that's all.]

FreeBear

Spoonie_Turtle said: Yay, normal service resumed!  Prices back below the cap now, I (we?) can relax again.

Still 10% less for me being on Dec.23 tracker compared to SVR for this month and 6% cheaper than Oct.24 Agile.

Just as well the price has dropped down a bit - I can put a loaf of bread on and cook up a stew.

northernstar007

tracker is looking good tomorrow, hope agile follows