Octopus Go Faster without electric vehicle

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Hi all,
We have just installed a solar array with battery storage and were intending to sign up for Octopus Go Faster, but Octopus are no longer offering this to customers who don't have an electric vehicle - which is a shame!
As I understand it, part of the intent of tariffs such as this is to move load from times of peak demand to the small hours of the morning, which we're doing regardless of whether we charge a vehicle battery or a home battery.
Regardless:
1. Is anyone else getting the same story from Octopus?
2. In the absence of access to the Go Faster tariff, what other options are there out there?
Thanks in advance,
Simon
We have just installed a solar array with battery storage and were intending to sign up for Octopus Go Faster, but Octopus are no longer offering this to customers who don't have an electric vehicle - which is a shame!
As I understand it, part of the intent of tariffs such as this is to move load from times of peak demand to the small hours of the morning, which we're doing regardless of whether we charge a vehicle battery or a home battery.
Regardless:
1. Is anyone else getting the same story from Octopus?
2. In the absence of access to the Go Faster tariff, what other options are there out there?
Thanks in advance,
Simon
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2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 2.5kw inverter. 28MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
Edit: they seem to be developing a battery tariff and there is Agile.
Agile shoild be open to every Octopus customer with a working smart meter. But it's debatable whether it is going to offer much in the way of cheap off-peak periods in the next year.
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 2.5kw inverter. 28MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
... developing a battery tariff; interesting - do you happen to know anything more about a possible timeline or rates?
I did ponder Agile; is it worth sucking up the higher incoming costs to benefit from the higher Agile Outgoing prices, for example?
If you are more computer literate than I am, you can get API data and overlay recent Agile prices onto your consumption. (If you have a smart meter with Octopus).
I've been on Agile outgoing for export since I switched gas/electric to them in April. My supply electric started on Flexible, I then switched to Tracker for a month and am now on Agile for in and out.
I luckily got on Agile just before the cap was raised in July, so it seems I'll get a year with a max. of 35p/kWh. It's now a 55p cap .
The Outgoing has paid me an average of around 24p/kWh for my exports over that last couple of months.
5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375 Longi) Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 4.8kw Pylontech battery storage
Agile/ Outgoing Agile and Tracker gas
We do have a smart meter (SMETS2) if that helps?