Solar Panels and Battery Installation Date - switching to Octopus

BossBob

Took a month for me and then only after a phone call to Octopus. Too many manual processes depending on human interactions.

Grandad2b

Raxiel said:

Grandad2b said:

5. I'm on Fixed, I don't know how to work out whether Flux would be better or whether I'm eligible.

Flux isn't as easy to compare than a flat rate tariff, you really need historical 30 minute readings so you can make an educated guess how much you might use in the 'peak'.

But for me it mostly came down to the fact that the 'normal' export rate was 6.4p/kWh more than fixed while the 'normal' import was the same as the SVT, so flux already has a head start.

The only thing that makes or breaks it was whether the ~13p/kWh extra on imports between 4pm and 7pm would wipe it out.

In the winter it might be worse, but unless you're really heavy users in the evening peak, Flux probably wins for 9 months out of the year. Using my own readings for the last 6 months, even the worst month for solar was only £4 worse than SVT/outgoing fixed. This winter we can make better use of the overnight rate and close even that gap.

Ok, I don't yet have sufficient half hourly data but maybe I can start looking to see where our usage peaks are. 

Niv

Two months and counting for me to switch to flux. However in my case I am an ex bulb customer and octopus have issues switching the meter at the moment (its meant to resolved soon!).

Screwdriva

Took 3 days for both (bank holiday) but I was already exporting with Octopus via Agile.