Octopus, have they let down their SOLR customers?

Lanzarote60

Thank you Dolor for explaining.

I will just have to be patient and keep everything crossed.

Being newly retired and home all day I think that a timed tariff would suit me as I can use energy when (or should I say if) it is cheaper.  

bristolleedsfan

pearl123 said:

Has anyone got links for Octopus Agile for Electricity  and Octopus Tracker v3 for gas. If someone could kindly put up the links I'd really appreciate it. I'm bit confused. I want to make sure i'm  signing up for the right thing.
I wonder why it isn't offered more clearly on the Octopus site.
I believe that the electricity is capped at 35kw and 21 per day. Is the gas also capped?

Is this the correct link? https://octopus.energy/tracker/

You need to contact them asking to change to Octopus Tracker Gas, Sign me up link on product page is of no use.

pearl123

bristolleedsfan said:

You need to contact them asking to change to Octopus Tracker Gas, Sign me up link on product page is of no use.

Today, I signed up for Octopus Agile. I think it could work well. 

However, does the Octopus Tracker Gas have a lot of benefit over the SVT. I believe wholesale gas prices are high a the moment. Would I be foolish not to go for Octopus Tracker Gas, over the SVT?
Is it a bit of a gamble?

Mstty

pearl123 said:

bristolleedsfan said:

You need to contact them asking to change to Octopus Tracker Gas, Sign me up link on product page is of no use.

Today, I signed up for Octopus Agile. I think it could work well. 

However, does the Octopus Tracker Gas have a lot of benefit over the SVT. I believe wholesale gas prices are high a the moment. Would I be foolish not to go for Octopus Tracker Gas, over the SVT?
Is it a bit of a gamble?

If you are following the energy news in general thread they are now talking about gas rates of nearly 15p kWh. Gas tracker v3 is capped at 11p

pochase

In then light of the newest Cornwall Insights press release I can only advise again to not consider for days or weeks an offer.

Make sure you have a cooling off period, go onto the deal, and start to think it through in the cooling off period. If they allow you to withdraw from the deal within 14 days you have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.

tomp2494

If you are a low end energy user, it might be worth considering switching to the v3 tracker whilst you still can. It is capped at 40p per kwh for electricity and 11p per kwh for gas. 
It'll mean you are for the time being paying more than you need to be because the wholesale prices are high, but they could come down as quickly as they come up, but as the energy usage is low, the additional payout won't amount to too much, which you can hope to recoup when if and when the prices come down. 

westv

pochase said:

In then light of the newest Cornwall Insights press release I can only advise again to not consider for days or weeks an offer.

Make sure you have a cooling off period, go onto the deal, and start to think it through in the cooling off period. If they allow you to withdraw from the deal within 14 days you have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.

I was only looking yesterday at the figures Octopus were quoting for a fix.
There was then little difference between what I'd use on the variable rate in the next 12 months and the then new rate. 

Mstty

@westv why don't you consider Agile and Tracker before the deals there disappear as well?

westv

Mstty said:

@westv why don't you consider Agile and Tracker before the deals there disappear as well?

The only tariffs they are offering me are Octopus 12m fix and the cheaper Loyal Octopus fix but I've calculated that would be  £500 more over the 12 months than staying as I am.

Mstty

westv said:

Mstty said:

@westv why don't you consider Agile and Tracker before the deals there disappear as well?

The only tariffs they are offering me are Octopus 12m fix and the cheaper Loyal Octopus fix but I've calculated that would be  £500 more over the 12 months than staying as I am.

They are hidden in plain sight

Stolen from @QrizB

Official Octopus links:

https://octopus.energy/tracker

https://octopus.energy/agile

You can find your current Agile and Tracker tariff details here (enter your postcode, DO NOT CLICK THE BUTTON):

https://octopus.energy/tariffs

Actual daily Agile rates (these link to my region, there are pages for other regions too):

https://www.energy-stats.uk/octopus-agile-southern-england/

https://agileprices.co.uk/?region=H

Actual daily Tracker rates:

https://energy.guylipman.com/sm/gastracker

https://energy.guylipman.com/sm/electracker