Octopus Agile

greenbee

Agree on the quality of life piece EH. And the fact that it's possible to swap in and out of different tariffs means that everyone can do what's best for them. I'm not doing much cooking at the moment due to life being a bit busy (lots of reheating, but that doesn't take the same amount of power), so I'm importing an average of 6kWh/day in Feb (supplemented by a tiny amount of solar). And obviously I'm able to import most of what I need at the lowest prices... even if they're not that low at the moment. 

Newbie_John

During the days when Agile is expensive it's quite interesting to compare it to Smile - that product has potential of some sort.

https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/system-prices
Sort of add 20p to prices 16-19 and 8p to others.

Last week prices were between 9p and 40p comapred to Agile 20-46p.

Although the main problem still remains - lack of predictability - so you could only hit the sub 10p periods by chance 

bob2302

TroubledTarts said:

northernstar007 said:

another crazy 24hrs ahead, i wonder if octopus really are trying to kill this off

That would be a possibility if they had kept changing the tariff like tracker but they have not. This is just a true reflection of the current prices.

Agile's multiplier means that it exaggerates high prices.  

bristolleedsfan

bob2302 said:

TroubledTarts said:

northernstar007 said:

another crazy 24hrs ahead, i wonder if octopus really are trying to kill this off

That would be a possibility if they had kept changing the tariff like tracker but they have not. This is just a true reflection of the current prices.

Agile's multiplier means that it exaggerates high prices.  

Formula and multipliers have not changed since Agile was launched I think during 2018, stayed same whether prices high or low, not as if customers are tied in.

Slinky

If you have capacity in your battery to be able to store overnight what you use during the day, Economy 7 is worth a good look, if you're not able to use an EV or heat pump tariff.  I swapped this week and now getting 7 hours a night at under 14p. Daytime rate at just under 34p. If your daytime use can be minimal, it might be a good option. Particularly useful on these endless grey days when we're getting minimal input from the panels.

tunnel

Slinky said:

If you have capacity in your battery to be able to store overnight what you use during the day, Economy 7 is worth a good look, if you're not able to use an EV or heat pump tariff.  I swapped this week and now getting 7 hours a night at under 14p. Daytime rate at just under 34p. If your daytime use can be minimal, it might be a good option. Particularly useful on these endless grey days when we're getting minimal input from the panels.

Or switch to Tomato, i have and fill my batteries at 5p overnight with a daytime rate under 24p(under the price cap) with a couple of 2hr 14p slots chucked in for good measure. I changed to them on the 8th Feb and so far i'm averaging 9.5p kWh including the standing charge. Batteries are a definite plus and as generation picks up then that average will only come down
No idea if they'll last but at that price i'm willing to take the risk as for me it's working out cheaper than i've ever managed on Agile!!!

Slinky

tunnel said:

Slinky said:

If you have capacity in your battery to be able to store overnight what you use during the day, Economy 7 is worth a good look, if you're not able to use an EV or heat pump tariff.  I swapped this week and now getting 7 hours a night at under 14p. Daytime rate at just under 34p. If your daytime use can be minimal, it might be a good option. Particularly useful on these endless grey days when we're getting minimal input from the panels.

Or switch to Tomato, i have and fill my batteries at 5p overnight with a daytime rate under 24p(under the price cap) with a couple of 2hr 14p slots chucked in for good measure. I changed to them on the 8th Feb and so far i'm averaging 9.5p kWh including the standing charge. Batteries are a definite plus and as generation picks up then that average will only come down
No idea if they'll last but at that price i'm willing to take the risk as for me it's working out cheaper than i've ever managed on Agile!!!

What export rate are you getting?

tunnel

Slinky said:

What export rate are you getting?

I'm on an old tariff deemed 50% export with an average of around 6p, although with my batteries i now export less than 20% of my generation so in effect for what actually does get exported is more in the way of 15p kWh

Slinky

tunnel said:

Slinky said:

What export rate are you getting?

I'm on an old tariff deemed 50% export with an average of around 6p, although with my batteries i now export less than 20% of my generation so in effect for what actually does get exported is more in the way of 15p kWh

Is your export with Tomato or still Octopus?

tunnel

Slinky said:

Is your export with Tomato or still Octopus?

Neither, it used to be SSE but has now swapped to OVO who took them over