Octopus Agile

Spies

Anyone staying on Agile through December is a braver man than I, according to Octopus Compare, if I'd not been on the Feb Agile last year with the 35p cap, I'd have paid an extra £50 in that month alone! 

Netexporter

I'm going to chance it. It really depends on how windy it is. There is significantly more wind generation connected since last winter. The whole-year average is what counts in the end.

MultiFuelBurner

Spies said:

Anyone staying on Agile through December is a braver man than I, according to Octopus Compare, if I'd not been on the Feb Agile last year with the 35p cap, I'd have paid an extra £50 in that month alone! 

..last year is a warning but not the benchmark for every winter following...but those with a nervous disposition you know what to do.

going_cheap

Last year had a mix of good and bad days through Nov-Jan. Personally, I will be out of the country for a couple of weeks this Dec, so like @Netexporter going to chance it as well.

Netexporter

Yay! My Home Mini is on its way.

Netexporter

Is anybody else's IHD not adding the daily charge to the cumulative unit cost, since the weekend?

mmmmikey

I'm on Agile - here are some figures for October showing it how it compared for me with Tracker and SVR:

Total cost:               Agile £43.40       Tracker £66.03         SVR £96.41

Average unit rates: Agile 9.65p/kWh Tracker 17.01p/kWh SVR 26.35p/kWh

So Agile still the best for me by quite some margin BUT based on the last week or so I'm not sure how long it will last.

How's everyone else doing?

mmmmikey

Netexporter said:

Is anybody else's IHD not adding the daily charge to the cumulative unit cost, since the weekend?

I've stopped using my IHD but the clock change well and truly confused my automated stats collection - maybe related?

PennineAcute

Netexporter said:

Yay! My Home Mini is on its way.

So is mine

Newbie_John

Netexporter said:

I'm going to chance it. It really depends on how windy it is. There is significantly more wind generation connected since last winter. The whole-year average is what counts in the end.

https://agileprices.co.uk/?region=C&fromdate=20221231
Between 1-17th December all the prices were higher than normal  with 50p-80p quite a bit normal..
Really interesting to see, as January soon after was full of negative prices, with none over 40p!

But I guess it was a factor of cold weather, no wind, no sun, chaos because of gas prices.. so it's possible that roles could reverse this year - ok December and terrible January.