Octopus Agile

debitcardmayhem

EssexHebridean said:

You can check the reading at the date of your previous bill by going to “meter reading history” in the app - it sits just below the gas details for me on my iPad. 

We have full flasks which will mean no kettle needed for coffee for MrEH later, and just a short reboil on water for tea. WM and DW ran overnight on the most reasonably priced slots. Of course today would be a WFH day for MrEH - typical! Regardless of the electric prices though that still represents a good saving over his travel into London and back, so we’re still up overall. 

I think I’m going to make today all about the little jobs around the house which will be constructive but use little electric…and avoid opening the fridge or freezer more than needed! 😆

put your milk outside it will stay cold 🥶 except that means letting the cold in

greenbee

I’m considering staying in bed and bribing the cats to sit on the bedcover, but that’s due more to being tired. Sadly indon’t think I can as the dog wants a walk and a neighbour will be here soon to finish some fencing, and my work calendar is full of meetings… so I need to hope the forecast is correct and I can rely on solar. 

gt94sss2

BeerSavesMoney said:

northernstar007 said:

can you jump straight back on agile when you leave (no 9 months waiting like tracker) and if so is it worth taking a fix then jumping back on agile  in a week or so 

I’ve read on another site that others have been switching to Go and back within a day or two to avoid the the high agile rates but I’ve not tested this and I’m sure Octopus will put a stop to it if many are doing so but for now, from what others have said, it appears to work.

Out of interest, if someone did go online and change their tariff would the new one kick in today or tomorrow?

EssexHebridean

When I changed to Agile it backdated to the start of the day I did it. No idea if it happens the same the other way round though! 

Pat38493

gt94sss2 said:

BeerSavesMoney said:

northernstar007 said:

can you jump straight back on agile when you leave (no 9 months waiting like tracker) and if so is it worth taking a fix then jumping back on agile  in a week or so 

I’ve read on another site that others have been switching to Go and back within a day or two to avoid the the high agile rates but I’ve not tested this and I’m sure Octopus will put a stop to it if many are doing so but for now, from what others have said, it appears to work.

Out of interest, if someone did go online and change their tariff would the new one kick in today or tomorrow?

Today.  It is an automated system so it kicks in from the midnight before you press the button. (as long as there is no glitch on your account).

Edit - you have to go in your email and then click to accept the T&A so it's a 2 step process to activate it.

But maybe if you try to switch to Agile today it will pop up a message "Are you crazy"!  

Patrol

gt94sss2 said:

Out of interest, if someone did go online and change their tariff would the new one kick in today or tomorrow?

When I switch from Agile to Cosy or vice-versa, it is applied from 00:00 that day and doesn't appear to be anything like a 30 day minimum stay. e.g. if I changed at 10:00 today the new tariff would apply from 00:00 today. Have to accept the terms and conditions via email each time which caught me out the first time but now I know to check that it's worked like that every time. Whether it's the same for other tariffs I can't say

RavingMad

With tracker prices down for tomorrow, will that be reflected in Agile prices?

GingerTim

RavingMad said:

With tracker prices down for tomorrow, will that be reflected in Agile prices?

They are looking much better.

wrf12345

It is odd though, the solar/wind charts looked dismal for the next few days (yesterday pm), nuking a cop of water in the microwave for my midday coffee just cost me 3p, sob, but won't have another one later and the two early morning ones were in one of the few cheap slots. Watching LifePo4 battery prices as they are supposed to crash soon (100-200ah 12V) but not really seeing it yet. It looks like the (small) freezer is consuming 400-500W a day so tempted to get rid of that after I have worked my way through the frozen food in there but have to work out if the saving is more than the added cost of buying non-frozen food.

Scot_39

Slinky said:

The difference between this year and last, if I recall it was a lot milder last January than this, and probably more windy. Lower temperatures are leading to higher demand on the system.

And a little less other core standby generation.

We used 2 GW coal at Ratcliffe when wind dropped to a low of c5% of its theoretical near 30GW last January  - about half of its level c10% on Wed when hit the £1362 - c£3 if applied the same Agile factors without 95p ex vat cap.

Like GW of other coal in last decade alone, a decade ago coal produced c30% of UKs power c2014, 2 years ealier c2012 over 40%.

All now gone from the mix.

Despite coal having a lower co2 per MW cost than Drax wood pellets that get green subsidies to generate GW daily.


Add 6.6GW of UK nuclear capacity not replaced this century.

Literally 10s of GW reliable core generation abandoned to be replaced by 30GW theoretical of unreliable wind.

Fewer generators now have an increasingly insecure market at their mercy.

Yet another price of a very poor choice of unreliable - inconsistent output - renewables like wind.

The other day wind was delivering as little as 3GW, from 30GW theoretical - its variability didnt matter when a tiny share vs available core generation - it really really does now.

And there are others speculating EU energy market now being exploited by decades of poor decisiins here and abroad - by speculators.
Exascerbated of course by Ukraine and Russian gas ban, again made dar worse by say likes of Germanys use of gas whilst deliberately accelerating demise of its own nuclear generation.

But anyone who thinks a facility can just switch on and off instantly to deliver a few mw for a few hours without significant compensation to be there to b3 available to run hot when needed is sadly mistaken.

Yet another cost of duplicated generation capacity we all now pay.