Octopus Agile

masonic

It's worth remembering that for most of its existence, the Agile tariff has not had a premium standing charge and it is only through the recent drop in sc for pretty much every other tariff that this situation has been created. I don't know why Agile was not updated, but perhaps at some stage it will be (I know they have repeatedly stated on Twitter 'no plans' etc).

It is this combined with me using much less in the warmer months that has led me into a fix rather than using Agile. The premium varies by region, and my premium is not the highest (7p), but it's still enough to just about tip the balance.

wrf12345

Not changing the s/c wasn't much of a reward for those who stuck with the tariff when the prices went crazy high, they should be heading towards a zero s/c on ToU tariffs as avoiding the peak(s) helps out the Grid, or would if enough people had the incentive to switch. More than a year on Agile and some habits, such as not turning on the TV until post 7pm, have stuck even though I am on the 12mth fix.

Telegraph_Sam

Grudz's extensive comments prompted me to finally do an Octopus Compare exercise update. Briefly, there were some small savings in favour of Agile in the shorter periods. However seen in the "year" = 7 months context, my 14-mth fix tariff was better to the tune of £5. Overall the point comes where the net savings over time are not sufficient to induce me into switching into a variable tariff such as Agile where the latent penalty of "getting it wrong"  can be so severe.