Apparent 58% price hike when switched from Bulb to Octopus in fact user-error

Raxiel

Spoonie_Turtle said:

FCA_ACF said:

thanks DCM and M_D,
I think you're right. The old Bulb bills show cost after EPG applied. New Octopus bill doesn't.
I'm not on Economy 7 but am trying to shift load to night time usage by getting washing machine, dishwasher etc to run at night (difficult as they're older models without timers).
Also want to get a PV array and batteries but it's proving difficult.
thanks 

What's the reasoning for doing that?  There's no financial benefit of doing that unless you're on a TOU tariff.  [If anything, colder water at nights would take marginally more energy to heat than in the daytime.]

There's no financial benefit, but there are environmental arguments to load shifting usage to the night when the carbon g/kWh tends to be lower.

I tended to do it where convenient before I got solar, but it was never enough to justify an actual E7 tariff. Then I got solar and things got complicated, now I'm also on Octopus Flux and its even more complicated.

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Raxiel said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

FCA_ACF said:

thanks DCM and M_D,
I think you're right. The old Bulb bills show cost after EPG applied. New Octopus bill doesn't.
I'm not on Economy 7 but am trying to shift load to night time usage by getting washing machine, dishwasher etc to run at night (difficult as they're older models without timers).
Also want to get a PV array and batteries but it's proving difficult.
thanks 

What's the reasoning for doing that?  There's no financial benefit of doing that unless you're on a TOU tariff.  [If anything, colder water at nights would take marginally more energy to heat than in the daytime.]

There's no financial benefit, but there are environmental arguments to load shifting usage to the night when the carbon g/kWh tends to be lower.

I tended to do it where convenient before I got solar, but it was never enough to justify an actual E7 tariff. Then I got solar and things got complicated, now I'm also on Octopus Flux and it’s even more complicated.

It is only complicated if you stay in Flux during the Winter period when there are cheaper tariffs

Spoonie_Turtle

Raxiel said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

FCA_ACF said:

thanks DCM and M_D,
I think you're right. The old Bulb bills show cost after EPG applied. New Octopus bill doesn't.
I'm not on Economy 7 but am trying to shift load to night time usage by getting washing machine, dishwasher etc to run at night (difficult as they're older models without timers).
Also want to get a PV array and batteries but it's proving difficult.
thanks 

What's the reasoning for doing that?  There's no financial benefit of doing that unless you're on a TOU tariff.  [If anything, colder water at nights would take marginally more energy to heat than in the daytime.]

There's no financial benefit, but there are environmental arguments to load shifting usage to the night when the carbon g/kWh tends to be lower.

Yes I know, I just wondered if that's why the OP was doing it or if they were under the misapprehension that there was a financial benefit without being on E7.