Demand Flexibility Service 2023 (and beyond!)

TheElectricCow

No Octo-notification here yet so it looks like they're still reaching different accounts at slightly different times as they did last year. Have been able to opt-in manually though but only after updating the Octo-app twice. 

There's also now an official Octo-channel thing on the Whatsapp app for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which sends you a Whatsapp message when saving sessions are announced. Perhaps a more consistent way of quickly getting the notification to everyone at once as the emails tend to come out slowly.

MultiFuelBurner

TheElectricCow said:

No Octo-notification here yet so it looks like they're still reaching different accounts at slightly different times as they did last year. Have been able to opt-in manually though but only after updating the Octo-app twice. 

There's also now an official Octo-channel thing on the Whatsapp app for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which sends you a Whatsapp message when saving sessions are announced. Perhaps a more consistent way of quickly getting the notification to everyone at once as the emails tend to come out slowly.

I suspect emailing nearly 6 million customers could take quite some time. Best part being if they do email every customer those without a smart meter can find out they are missing out 😂😜

I am a part of the WhatsApp message and follow them on twitter so got notifications that way.

masonic

TheElectricCow said:

There's also now an official Octo-channel thing on the Whatsapp app for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which sends you a Whatsapp message when saving sessions are announced. Perhaps a more consistent way of quickly getting the notification to everyone at once as the emails tend to come out slowly.

They have also resurrected the Twitter account, so you can choose between Zuck or Space Karen.

bristolleedsfan

Fun "Fact"  - According to this source Octopus Energy have "Some 2.6 million Octopus smart meter customers who are eligible to join the initiative", they will not be emailing "nearly 6 million customers" about saving sessions on 16th November as it would not be appropriate emailing customers who do not have smart meters.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/millions-of-octopus-energy-customers-can-save-money-on-energy-bills-by-making-small-change-tomorrow/ar-AA1jZ3u1

razord

Just to confirm, no IDA this year? So, the same calculation as last year for everything else but without the IDA applied?

Spoonie_Turtle

MultiFuelBurner said:

TheElectricCow said:

No Octo-notification here yet so it looks like they're still reaching different accounts at slightly different times as they did last year. Have been able to opt-in manually though but only after updating the Octo-app twice. 

There's also now an official Octo-channel thing on the Whatsapp app for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which sends you a Whatsapp message when saving sessions are announced. Perhaps a more consistent way of quickly getting the notification to everyone at once as the emails tend to come out slowly.

I suspect emailing nearly 6 million customers could take quite some time. Best part being if they do email every customer those without a smart meter can find out they are missing out 😂😜

I am a part of the WhatsApp message and follow them on twitter so got notifications that way.

For this evening's I found I had to check that section on WhatsApp manually, which rather defeats the point of signing up for notifications.  (But my Octopus app notification worked so that's good enough for me.)

masonic

razord said:

Just to confirm, no IDA this year? So, the same calculation as last year for everything else but without the IDA applied?

Correct. You just need to remove the IDA part of last year's calculations.

masonic

Spoonie_Turtle said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

TheElectricCow said:

No Octo-notification here yet so it looks like they're still reaching different accounts at slightly different times as they did last year. Have been able to opt-in manually though but only after updating the Octo-app twice. 

There's also now an official Octo-channel thing on the Whatsapp app for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which sends you a Whatsapp message when saving sessions are announced. Perhaps a more consistent way of quickly getting the notification to everyone at once as the emails tend to come out slowly.

I suspect emailing nearly 6 million customers could take quite some time. Best part being if they do email every customer those without a smart meter can find out they are missing out 😂😜

I am a part of the WhatsApp message and follow them on twitter so got notifications that way.

For this evening's I found I had to check that section on WhatsApp manually, which rather defeats the point of signing up for notifications.  (But my Octopus app notification worked so that's good enough for me.)

Interesting, no app notification here, but I did get a Tweet notification, so at least that system is still working for me.

michaels

Seems like all the companies are running energy saving sessions tomorrow although times may be slightly different.

Hugo (app based) are paying £3 per kwh (possibly less 20%) but this is the key bit:

If you have an Export MPAN and can export during the Event, you will get an additional £3 per kWh. Subject to your Export MPAN data being available.

Our export is unfortunately not readable (yet, hopefully I am getting Scottish Power to rectify this) but if you have batteries then this seems like a much bigger win than trying to time shift normal usage.

Not sure if any of the other providers are paying out for export?

cm4ever

michaels said:

Seems like all the companies are running energy saving sessions tomorrow although times may be slightly different.

Hugo (app based) are paying £3 per kwh (possibly less 20%) but this is the key bit:

If you have an Export MPAN and can export during the Event, you will get an additional £3 per kWh. Subject to your Export MPAN data being available.

Our export is unfortunately not readable (yet, hopefully I am getting Scottish Power to rectify this) but if you have batteries then this seems like a much bigger win than trying to time shift normal usage.

Not sure if any of the other providers are paying out for export?

As per my other board reply to your duplicate post - Octopus paying £2.25/kWh exported