Octopus Agile

ecraig

I’ve moved back to intelligent octopus go. The wind seems to have gone completely and the off peak prices are just not attractive enough for EV charging.
Anyone with a crystal ball for the summer? Am I right to assume Agile rates are more likely to be great during the day when solar generation is strong? And less favourable during the overnight hours?

zxzxzx

No, yes, yes, if history shows us anything!

https://agileprices.co.uk/?tariff=AGILE-FLEX-22-11-25&region=H&fromdate=20230731

Newbie_John

I think what we have seen for the past few days is most likely to be happening for next few months (with exception to sunny windy days).

Highest demand is 6-9am and 4-8pm - so these will be costly.
Lowest demand at night (but no solar).
Basic demand during the day (but solar).

Pat38493

Newbie_John said:

I think what we have seen for the past few days is most likely to be happening for next few months (with exception to sunny windy days).

Highest demand is 6-9am and 4-8pm - so these will be costly.
Lowest demand at night (but no solar).
Basic demand during the day (but solar).

I was on Agile for a while last Summer and this seems to be the pattern in the warmer months with less wind - agile pricing is higher than Tracker in the early morning and from 4pm sometimes till way beyond 7pm, with a dip in the afternoon due to solar.

Actually makes it harder to beat tracker in the  Summer but still work out better over the whole month for me.

bob2302

Pat38493 said:

I was on Agile for a while last Summer and this seems to be the pattern in the warmer months with less wind - agile pricing is higher than Tracker in the early morning and from 4pm sometimes till way beyond 7pm, with a dip in the afternoon due to solar.

Actually makes it harder to beat tracker in the  Summer but still work out better over the whole month for me.

That makes sense, but when I've heard about people swapping between the two, it's been tracker in the winter, and agile in the summer.

Pat38493

bob2302 said:

Pat38493 said:

I was on Agile for a while last Summer and this seems to be the pattern in the warmer months with less wind - agile pricing is higher than Tracker in the early morning and from 4pm sometimes till way beyond 7pm, with a dip in the afternoon due to solar.

Actually makes it harder to beat tracker in the  Summer but still work out better over the whole month for me.

That makes sense, but when I've heard about people swapping between the two, it's been tracker in the winter, and agile in the summer.

Yes - in fact that was what I was thinking last year but if you look at the history, it actually looks like it doesn't really get worse in Winter it's just a different pattern.

Bendo

Pat38493 said:

Newbie_John said:

I think what we have seen for the past few days is most likely to be happening for next few months (with exception to sunny windy days).

Highest demand is 6-9am and 4-8pm - so these will be costly.
Lowest demand at night (but no solar).
Basic demand during the day (but solar).

I was on Agile for a while last Summer and this seems to be the pattern in the warmer months with less wind - agile pricing is higher than Tracker in the early morning and from 4pm sometimes till way beyond 7pm, with a dip in the afternoon due to solar.

Actually makes it harder to beat tracker in the  Summer but still work out better over the whole month for me.

Whilst that may have been true of old tracker, it will likely be a lot closer this year.

Telegraph_Sam

I'd be tempted to give Agile a try, now, were it not for the 9-month excommunication from Tracker if I decide it was not a good move. What they call recant being denied

t0rt0ise

I like the email of next day prices that I signed up to with octorati (or something) but the emails don't always come. Is there another email service anyone knows of for this? I know there's apps and websites but I really like the email version.

Newbie_John

Nice prices tomorrow, finally something changed 😉