Octopus Agile

Newbie_John

@Pulpdiction, still not sure where the 30kWh goes daily

2 users similar to you use above 7kWh a day (you are using 4x as much). I don't have gas at our small 3 bed house, in the last 30 days we used 520kWh (includes heating, hot water) 17.31kWh per day.. - so hence my surprise that you clock 30kWh.. anyway

Total cost for 520kWh £61, averaging 9.63p per kWh. (It would have been £100 on Tracker and £160 on Flexible tariff).

Agile is very easy going, give it a go, and if it doesn't work for you you can always move to Tracker - flat rate across the date, or standard rate.

Newbie_John

Just got my results for yesterday, during that 30 mins nearly-free slot at 14:30 I've managed to do everything (cooked dinner, cooked lunch..) 😅

NedS

Pulpdiction said:

We both work from home, have kids who are online gaming a few hours a day, laptops and xboxes going, washing, tumble drier, all modern appliances, but they can use electric.  Sometimes I ask myself the same thing.  Also certain members of the household seem to ignore the rule that if the sun is shining it's ok to use something if not then prob not the best time to put the dishwasher on.  

If you are anything like me (and our household), then Agile may give you yet more grounds for complaint, as those rules become a whole lot more complex - now you have to look every day at when the cheapest 30min slot is to work out when to turn on the dishwasher or washing machine. I can assure you, those not paying the bill will not embrace that with the same level of enthusiasm that you will, causing even more stress!

Trying to educate other household members has not been easy as they are less willing to make compromises to save (as they see it) someone else money (there are no tangible benefits to them, only restrictions). Tracker would certainly cause less arguments!

NedS

More negative pricing for us in the early hours this morning, plus the weekend (Fri-Mon) looks promising.

Slinky

I discharged our batteries before midnight and recharged in the negative rates up til 5am. Also had the immersion on for an hour in the cheapest slots. I had a digital timer installed for the immersion so that's usefully coming into play now, saving using (Tracker) gas.

Currently Octo-Aid is forecasting our power bill for April, gas and electric, to be under £9. Last April, before we had the solar and batteries, on EDF standard rates was £193.

Slinky

Current forecast for the month is now £1.04!

Looks like there's some nice cheap to negative slots again tomorrow late morning/early afternoon.

NedS

Slinky said:

Current forecast for the month is now £1.04!

Looks like there's some nice cheap to negative slots again tomorrow late morning/early afternoon.

Looks like it could last all weekend, into Monday with a favourable wind (no pun intended!)

Telegraph_Sam

I have begun to use Oct Compare to help decide if and when to move from Tracker to Agile. It happens frequently that the comparison fails due to lack of consumption data. Like several evenings in a row. This evening 12th April it was saying that the data for 10th April was missing. Is this what other users have been experiencing??
In current circs I suppose the comparison should be [Tracker Dec 23] with Agile April 2024. It looks like the system takes SC's into account when calculating the totals.

RavingMad

You can turn on/off the SC within the app by going in the settings; I prefer it turned off

I'm very happy so far on agile, it tells me I've saved 37% over Dec Tracker this past month but that's skewed by two weekends of negative energy.  

Newbie_John

NedS said:

Slinky said:

Current forecast for the month is now £1.04!

Looks like there's some nice cheap to negative slots again tomorrow late morning/early afternoon.

Looks like it could last all weekend, into Monday with a favourable wind (no pun intended!)

Really good negative prices tomorrow 13-15 :-)