New Octopus tariff for solar and battery users - Octopus Flux

Alnat1

I always see Flux import and export (and Tracker gas) on one monthly bill.

cm4ever

JKenH said:

I received my electricity bill today which still shows my tariff as Flux Import and of course no credits. Octopus Watch app which I have had for a couple of months shows mym tariff as “Fixed” - not Flux as appears on other people’s apps.

Has everybody else had to wait 3 months for Flux export credit to appear? I am aware that FiT payments are onl6 made every 3 months so am wondering if Octopus are confused. 

I can confirm, on Flux, I receive a breakdown of both import and export on each monthly statement - which naturally shows the amount of export credit that's been added to each monthly statement.

Maybe your potential AI response could indeed be a little confused .... although sounds more like a human misunderstanding error to me   

Just to confirm everything's setup and running right, try this sanity check: -

If your online Octopus account page doesn't show both import and export usage graphs and your export graph isn't listed as "Your tariff - Octopus Flux Export" under the graph, maybe it's the right time to send them a tweet 

Magnitio

JKenH said:

I have been nagging Octopus as although I was told I was on Flux export my account still shows as Flux Import only. 

I received this from Octopus 2 days ago.

Thank you for getting back to us. I can confirm that you have been on Flux Import since 21 March 2023 and you have been on Flux Export since 23 April 2024. You have been earning export payments since April and these will be credited they are usually credited every 3 months 🌝

I received my electricity bill today which still shows my tariff as Flux Import and of course no credits. Octopus Watch app which I have had for a couple of months shows my tariff as “Fixed” - not Flux as appears on other people’s apps.

Has everybody else had to wait 3 months for Flux export credit to appear? I am aware that FiT payments are onl6 made every 3 months so am wondering if Octopus are confused. 

Assuming that you copied and pasted the message from Octopus, it appears the issue might be the year "Flux Export since 23 April 2024"

pensionpawn

So just under 6 weeks after starting the migration to Octopus I've just received the email from Octopus stating that my export electricity meter is now set up and that my export rates are now live (doesn't state Flux). As requested, I've sent Octopus a photo of my current export reading.
So I'm now looking forward to seeing how much the brightest two months of the year will offset my current and future import costs. However I can't see anything new on my mobile app and although my web portal now shows a new tile stating "flexible Octopus" against my new export MPAN number, I suppose the "live" data will take a while to trickle through? Is that what others have found?

scubajoe

Exact same thing happened for me yesterday. Mine also shows Flexible Octopus. Although I didn't send a photo of my export reading from the meter. I'll try that now.

pensionpawn

First day of Flux export and £10.50 profit (from solar). Happy days... Given the weather forecast it should be a good week!
Edit: I should have indicated that that is made up of £6.52 generation and £7.20 export FiT.

BossBob

I’m pretty sure that you can’t have both FiT payments and Flux export!

DN8

277.72kwh exported with flux last week, best week yet

Exiled_Tyke

BossBob said:

I’m pretty sure that you can’t have both FiT payments and Flux export!

I thought it was possible to keep FIT but then permanently sacrifice deemed export for SEG? 

scubajoe

BossBob said:

I’m pretty sure that you can’t have both FiT payments and Flux export!

I don't think that's the case. When you get export payments on Flux you're sacrificing the "deemed" export portion of your FiT scheme.