Octopus Agile

debitcardmayhem

I wonder if the NESO will call for bids?

northernstar007

its looking grim till at least sunday/mondy and then its going to be short lived looking further ahead

greenbee

Slinky said:

I topped the batteries up overnight as I'm always doing at the moment, only to be exporting today at a lower rate when the sun came out. We've got some sun forecast tomorrow, but I can't risk relying on it fill the batteries tomorrow when there are such expensive rates if we haven't got enough stored.

Likewise - I'm topping up at night in the cheapest slots and assuming I need to keep at 100% given the weather/pricing at the moment. At least some of my surplus goes to hot water (may not be the most cost effective option, but reduces my oil consumption). At least all the sun today means I won't be topping up from a low level tonight, and should keep topped up all day tomorrow too. Although like @EssexHebridean I'll be considering my meals tomorrow carefully!

EssexHebridean

I just screenshotted this before refreshing the predictor with the new forecast data.
There really is an almighty gulf there between the predictions and the actual! 



(And let's not talk about the fact that for some reason the predictor tops out at 80p!) 

Pat38493

The recent volatility is somewhat vindicating my decision to move to Octopus Go, although there is not much in it.

At the moment I'm tracking at a few pounds of total savings by switching to Octopus Go at the first big spike in December.  Arguably within the margin of error of shifting consumption around so it has not made that much difference, but it hasn't been worse either, so I will probably stay on Go until I see 2-3 straight weeks where Go is significantly in the red versus Agile for me.

Slinky

greenbee said:

Slinky said:

I topped the batteries up overnight as I'm always doing at the moment, only to be exporting today at a lower rate when the sun came out. We've got some sun forecast tomorrow, but I can't risk relying on it fill the batteries tomorrow when there are such expensive rates if we haven't got enough stored.

Likewise - I'm topping up at night in the cheapest slots and assuming I need to keep at 100% given the weather/pricing at the moment. At least some of my surplus goes to hot water (may not be the most cost effective option, but reduces my oil consumption). At least all the sun today means I won't be topping up from a low level tonight, and should keep topped up all day tomorrow too. Although like @EssexHebridean I'll be considering my meals tomorrow carefully!

Am I right in thinking you've got something like an Eddi to charge your hot water with surplus? We looked at that as an option, but decided the £500 cost would buy a lot of gas. I guess the sums are different when gas isn't an option.

Well I'm glad I topped up to 100% overnight as it's distinctly gloomy here today. We've generated a whole 0.7kWh so far. We're holding steady at 88% charge at the moment.

greenbee

Yes, I have an Eddi. It made sense to install it as the same time as the solar, and means I don't use the boiler for hot water during the summer (burning oil smells, and the fact that the chimney is below the ridge means fumes drop into the garden). As I have a very small oil tank, flexibility was a priority when thinking about solar - I already had electric towel rails when I moved in, and adding oil-filled radiators means that when prices are low (and/or the oil tank is looking low) I have the option to use electric heat as well as the multi-fuel stove (also a relatively expensive option, but again, it's about flexibility). 

Happily the oil tank has been refilled, so until Agile prices drop considerably, the electric heating will remain off. I'm generating 0.3kw (a total of 1.9kWh so far), so the battery is still above 90% at the moment. Hopefully there'll be enough daylight to keep it there for a few more hours. 

Slinky

I see on another thread there's likely to be a savings session between 5-6pm tonight. Not sure if we'll take part in that one given the high rates today. Will see what state the batteries are in nearer the time.

northernstar007

Slinky said:

I see on another thread there's likely to be a savings session between 5-6pm tonight. Not sure if we'll take part in that one given the high rates today. Will see what state the batteries are in nearer the time.

emails are out, ive signed up got nothing to lose, full house will be turned off apart from router fridge freezer and heating sys (on standby), even poor alexa will be zaped                

greenbee

No email here yet. But I'm working then, so house will be in it's normal state of darkness and silence! The only way I can reduce below my normal usage at this point is to actively export. As tomorrow's forecast is good, I'm tempted to shift a small amount from the batteries, but will think about it.