Octopus Savings Sessions

Qyburn

tlcgrantham said:

Free electricity tomorrow 1-2pm

What scheme is that? Octopus are still saying no Saving Sessions till near the end of the year.

Sly72

Qyburn said:

tlcgrantham said:

Free electricity tomorrow 1-2pm

What scheme is that? Octopus are still saying no Saving Sessions till near the end of the year.

Came via email today

tlcgrantham

Sly72 said:

Qyburn said:

tlcgrantham said:

Free electricity tomorrow 1-2pm

What scheme is that? Octopus are still saying no Saving Sessions till near the end of the year.

Came via email today

Email describes it as the “first free electricity session” and invites me to opt in and sign up

Spoonie_Turtle

"We don't like wasting power. So, while the summer sun lasts and there's plenty of green energy, we're giving you the chance to fill your boots with Free Electricity in hour-long sessions starting tomorrow.
…

Free Electricity... what's the catch?

During these super-green sessions, all the electricity you'd normally use will cost the same. Any extra power you use won't cost a thing. That means you can go to town on all those electricity-hungry household tasks, knowing you won't clock up a big bill afterwards. Just make sure you do so safely.
…"

https://octopus.energy/free-electricity/#faqs

(So not really related to Savings Sessions.)

m_c_s

Trying to help people load shift

MeteredOut

It's not really clear what they mean by "any extra power" (though i've not looked for/at T&Cs). I presume they take some average of your usual usage over that hour-long period in the past, and any more than that is what they're credit back to the account?

EDIT: I should stop being so lazy and just check

"We will calculate your baseline consumption (the ‘Baseline’) by taking your average usage in the same half hour period from the last 10 days for power up periods arising on a weekday, and 4 days for power up periods arising on a weekend. The calculation shall disregard any consumption during a period where any other Session was taking place. Our view of your baseline consumption calculation is final and determined at our discretion."