Octopus Tracker

masonic

It would be helpful if there was a grace period where the ceding supplier could retrieve data for the final hours of supply (which can be as much as a few days in some instances).

Telegraph_Sam

It's almost as if the system is locking you in to your current supplier by default.

k500zm

I have been on the tracker for a couple of years but my current tariff ends in a couple of weeks.

I hardly use any gas at all and the standing charge for Electricty is going up to 55.79p a day so I think the

EDF Simply Tracker Extra Apr26 is perfect for me even though I will miss the Ocotopus CS.

The lower standing charges are a godsend for a single low usage guy like me.

Tracker electricity rate seeems to average around 24p for me now so I think it's a no brainer.

BargainBear

After doing my calculations, the Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is still £18.90 cheaper for us a year than the EDF Simply Tracker Extra Apr26, despite the lower SC.

I've worked out that if the unit rate remained the same as EDF's for our region (South East) of 25.59, I'd need a SC of 38.95 just to break even; anything below this we'd be saving.

Good thing is I now have a crude calculator to punch numbers into quickly to see if any new tariffs that pop up with lower SC's, which they will, are worth jumping ship to.

k500zm

BargainBear said:

After doing my calculations, the Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is still £18.90 cheaper for us a year than the EDF Simply Tracker Extra Apr26, despite the lower SC.

I've worked out that if the unit rate remained the same as EDF's for our region (South East) of 25.59, I'd need a SC of 38.95 just to break even; anything below this we'd be saving.

Good thing is I now have a crude calculator to punch numbers into quickly to see if any new tariffs that pop up with lower SC's, which they will, are worth jumping ship to.

 Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is no longer available - Is that correct?

Telegraph_Sam

Looks like it's now "Historical" as per All Our Tariffs 

BargainBear

k500zm said:

BargainBear said:

After doing my calculations, the Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is still £18.90 cheaper for us a year than the EDF Simply Tracker Extra Apr26, despite the lower SC.

I've worked out that if the unit rate remained the same as EDF's for our region (South East) of 25.59, I'd need a SC of 38.95 just to break even; anything below this we'd be saving.

Good thing is I now have a crude calculator to punch numbers into quickly to see if any new tariffs that pop up with lower SC's, which they will, are worth jumping ship to.

 Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is no longer available - Is that correct?

That's correct, but it's the fixed tariff I switched to, and I know quite a few in this thread did too.

Doc_N

BargainBear said:

k500zm said:

BargainBear said:

After doing my calculations, the Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is still £18.90 cheaper for us a year than the EDF Simply Tracker Extra Apr26, despite the lower SC.

I've worked out that if the unit rate remained the same as EDF's for our region (South East) of 25.59, I'd need a SC of 38.95 just to break even; anything below this we'd be saving.

Good thing is I now have a crude calculator to punch numbers into quickly to see if any new tariffs that pop up with lower SC's, which they will, are worth jumping ship to.

 Octopus 12M Fixed December 2024 v1 tariff is no longer available - Is that correct?

That's correct, but it's the fixed tariff I switched to, and I know quite a few in this thread did too.

I think you're right - and I was one of them.

t0rt0ise

JSpoonie_Turtle said:

t0rt0ise said:

I heard that once you leave Octopus they can't get your readings at all. Only your supplier is allowed to get your readings. If that's true then it needs sorting.

What am I missing?  Why would an energy supplier need to access your meter readings for energy someone else is supplying?

You're missing the last day! If the supplier can't get the last day of use, they can't produce a final bill. Sometimes also past days need to be pulled for missed readings but they can't.

bristolleedsfan

t0rt0ise said:

JSpoonie_Turtle said:

t0rt0ise said:

I heard that once you leave Octopus they can't get your readings at all. Only your supplier is allowed to get your readings. If that's true then it needs sorting.

What am I missing?  Why would an energy supplier need to access your meter readings for energy someone else is supplying?

You're missing the last day! If the supplier can't get the last day of use, they can't produce a final bill. Sometimes also past days need to be pulled for missed readings but they can't.

They can ( and do) produce a final bill, Agile would get billed at Flexible rate for missing days until someone gets in touch with them, they have been known then to bill missing day(s) at customer average rate, Tracker all set up to bill missing day(s) at average rate.