Frequency of active electricity tariff changing?

Reed_Richards

My friend tells me that he knows someone who [actively] changes his tariff on a daily basis, possibly more frequently, in order to get the best rates for import and export of electricity.  Can this be correct?  I did not know that this was even possible.

edited to add [actively]

Alnat1

I'm guessing he means the prices within the tariff change daily or more, like Octopus Tracker or Agile.

Reed_Richards

I'm told the tariff changer sits on his computer making the tariff changes so my friend thinks it is an active process, not a passive one.  But my friend could have misunderstood and be wrong, he's not very techy

70sbudgie

That sounds like a widget for Octopus Tracker that shows the daily rate. 

(I don't have Tracker so don't know if this kind of widget is available, but I would be surprised if it isn't. Given how many different programmes are available for Octopus tariffs)

Unless your friend is doing something everyday, more than just looking at a widget on his computer screen, I would suggest he isn't actively changing anything. 😉

Alnat1

He might have something that picks out the cheapest Octopus Agile slots during each 24 hours?

EricMears

About a year ago,  some Octopus customers were manually swapping tariffs frequently but I believe Octopus reacted by stopping changes more than once a month.  It seems unlikely that any app would be able to break that rule.

Reed_Richards

Hmm.  Maybe this is old news then?