Agile Octopus & Octopus Tracker

becky004

Long time stalker of this board, switched to Agile & Tracker at the right time after seeing the advice from other forum members. My daughter has just switched from BG to Octopus, she's on SVT. I have searched online but cannot find current rates for these tariffs or if they even exist anymore, are they still available and are they worth switching to?

Spoonie_Turtle

For Tracker they've paused signups for now (and the caps on unit rate would be horrendous anyway) https://octopus.energy/tracker/

Ah, they've paused signups for Agile too https://octopus.energy/agile/

They'll both be under 'historic' tariffs on their tariff page (put in a postcode and scroll down) https://octopus.energy/tariffs/

[Deleted User]

Octopus is struggling to know how to apply the EPG to what are constantly changing tariff prices. 

For example, today’s Tracker Gas price for my region is 4.33p/kWh. It could be 15p/kWh in a week’s time. You can see that Octopus’ has a problem when it comes to deciding what Cap it might wish to apply.

bristolleedsfan

Dolor said:

Octopus is struggling to know how to apply the EPG to what are constantly changing tariff prices. 

For example, today’s Tracker Gas price for my region is 4.33p/kWh. It could be 15p/kWh in a week’s time. You can see that Octopus’ has a problem when it comes to deciding what Cap it might wish to apply.

 I think big question is whether the only tariffs taken out after 1 October that EPG reduction is designed to apply to is  SVR and Variable tariffs which were not subject to Ofgem’s price cap (which are known as having a derogation) the latter after receiving the full reduction is still higher than stated regional average floor of 34p kWh E / 10.3p kWh.

Maybe if consumers choose another type of tariff after 1 October then EPG reduction should not apply.....

Chrysalis

Dolor said:

Octopus is struggling to know how to apply the EPG to what are constantly changing tariff prices. 

For example, today’s Tracker Gas price for my region is 4.33p/kWh. It could be 15p/kWh in a week’s time. You can see that Octopus’ has a problem when it comes to deciding what Cap it might wish to apply.

They should probably release it still without EPG in the mean time, its unfortunate they have removed signups during a period of low dailies.

I agree with @bristolleedsfan I expect the issue is that fixed contracts (agile and tracker count as fixed as they have fixed contract period) are only covered if they were activated within a set date period, the issue would be then trying to pass of a new tracker tariff as a variable rate tariff to make it compliant, maybe possible if it has no fixed contract length.

As an example when my tariff ends next summer, I would consider joining a new high capped agile if the dailies were low, even if it meant killing all my usage a few hours each evening.  (To me thats superior to a consistent but high price 24/7/365, TOU is the future, its time we adopt it)  It would be sad if this situation isnt resolved by then.