Octopus Tracker

TroubledTarts

debitcardmayhem said:

Krakkkers said:

Tracker is getting a little expensive for me, can i switch to intelligent go with out an electric car as i am a night owl with solar panels so the bulk of my usage is after 11:30 at night?

No in truth, but have you got a battery(ies)?
( I know some may say yes if you lie)
edit oh and of course there is Economy 7

Looking back I can see members here and on other groups and forums advocated joining go even knowing they didn't have an EV.

I am not suggesting this to be clear like others have done repeatedly on this forum.

As a side note since we joined Cosy Octopus have not checked that we have a heat pump but then again perhaps they can tell from our usage profile?

millie

RavingMad said:

Archerychick said:

My tracker tariff for gas ends in 6 days or so, considering what to do really. My electricity is on Agile (and this will probably be moved to Cosy). 

With only another month ish of using heating in earnest, I’m wondering whether I just pick whatever gives me the lowest standing charge. Would prefer to stay with Octopus 🐙 as I’m not interested in moving the electric 

I'm also on those tariffs and initially I opted to roll onto the same but I emailed Octopus yesterday to ask them to put me on the Fixed rate. They replied within 10 mins!

Both Agile and Tracker are high atm and I don't see them coming down in the short term (next couple of months). With the option open to switch back to either tariffs any time you want, I thought it was the sensible option, especially with Agile prices as they are currently. 

Yes but the formula for Tracker prices will increase with every price cap rise so Tracker prices will probably be higher than December 24 one.

QrizB

For my first year or two on Octopus Go, my EV was one of these.

It met their definition:

Octopus Go is designed for customers who either own or have a long-term lease of a battery electric vehicle or a plug-in hybrid vehicle that they will be charging at their home that we supply.

• Own? Check.
• Battery electric vehicle? Check.
• Charging at home? Check.
• Which we supply? Check.

And they didn't ask for any more specific details

Telegraph_Sam

Splitting hairs perhaps but I believe that T Dec 24 is marginally cheaper due to the formulas than its predecessor

TroubledTarts

QrizB said:

For my first year or two on Octopus Go, my EV was one of these.

It met their definition:

Octopus Go is designed for customers who either own or have a long-term lease of a battery electric vehicle or a plug-in hybrid vehicle that they will be charging at their home that we supply.

• Own? Check.
• Battery electric vehicle? Check.
• Charging at home? Check.
• Which we supply? Check.

And they didn't ask for any more specific details

Bit like now they don't seem to check GO or Cosy but morally that's with the individual to balance that out for themselves.

(Caveat not advocating this at all before the pouncing ensues)

SuzeQStan

Back when we had a PHEV (prior to the EV we have now on IOG tariff) we were on regular Octopus Go.  We charged our PHEV on the TOU tariff in addition to moving all our high energy use to night time (which used to be 9.5p per kwh12:30am-4:30am).  

Looks like 🐙 have closed the loophole which is only to be expected. 

And I don’t blame anyone for taking advantage of the situation if they could at the time.  You can’t tell me that 🐙 didn’t know full well that people might do that. The checks they made when we applied to 🐙Go basically consisted of telling them the make/model of our PHEV and nothing more.

MWT

Telegraph_Sam said:

Splitting hairs perhaps but I believe that T Dec 24 is marginally cheaper due to the formulas than its predecessor

I'm on Tracker December 2023 and Dec 2024 is higher, not sure if there were other versions between them?

May also be a regional variation perhaps?

I will be moving onto Octopus 14M Fixed January 2025 v1 next week though and that is lower than the current rates for either of the Trackers mentioned above.

Telegraph_Sam

From memory there was an Oct 24 (?) Tracker that was higher than Dec 23 and Dec 24 due to formulas.  No great savings to be made though.

I wasn't aware of the Jan 25 14 month fix from "All our Tariffs".  Must be very new. Worth following up.

pete-20-11

MWT said:

Telegraph_Sam said:

Splitting hairs perhaps but I believe that T Dec 24 is marginally cheaper due to the formulas than its predecessor

I'm on Tracker December 2023 and Dec 2024 is higher, not sure if there were other versions between them?

May also be a regional variation perhaps?

I will be moving onto Octopus 14M Fixed January 2025 v1 next week though and that is lower than the current rates for either of the Trackers mentioned above.

Yes there's a version every three months I think, timed with the price cap changes?

The Dec 24 is better than the Oct 24 I believe. I checked a few of them out a while back.

I fixed at 5.74p and I think the gas fixes are now circa 6.6p/kWh. 

RavingMad

millie said:

Yes but the formula for Tracker prices will increase with every price cap rise so Tracker prices will probably be higher than December 24 one.

Yeah but I'm hopeful that natural gas prices come down enough so that we get decent unit prices.  Wishful thinking perhaps?