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Got a new ev and looking to change tariff

Solenoid
Solenoid Posts: 64 Forumite
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I asked my electricity and gas supplier to give me an ev tariff quote. Below what they told me I would get if I sign up. Then I realised peak times are a lot more expensive than what we are paying now. I have 3 adults at home who plays games on consoles and work on 3 computers running peak times. I have dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, oven running peak times. I drive 250 miles a week on my ev minimum for work related reasons and rest going to shopping etc. Is this new tariff beneficial for us? I think we are better off staying with our current tariff. What do you think? 

Current tariff
26 64p/kwh Electricity
6.832p/kwh gas

Quote we received

Tariff Name: Next Drive Fixed

Electricity Day Unit Rate:32.174 Pence Per KWH

Electricity Night Unit Rate:9.500 Pence Per KWH

Electricity Standing Charge:57.031 Pence Per Day

Gas Unit Rate:7.115 Pence Per KWH

Gas Standing Charge:29.112 Pence Per Day

Yearly Estimated Amount: £4124.82

Comments

  • MattMattMattUK
    MattMattMattUK Posts: 12,656 Forumite
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    edited 12 October 2023 at 4:19PM
    Octopus Go would be the cheapest option provided you have a compatible car/charger (7.5p per kWh overnight for six hours, day rate varies by region). If you can shift things around so that the dishwasher and washing machine can run overnight you will save even more. 

    What is your current usage in kWh for both gas and electricity and what EV have you got, so we can estimate EV running costs (kWh per mile as well as charging efficiency). 

    https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-go/
  • daveaspy
    daveaspy Posts: 104 Forumite
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    edited 12 October 2023 at 4:17PM
    Rubbish - Move supplier!

    Octopus Go (North West)
    9p for 4 hours 0030-0430
    30.23p "peak" hours
    49.77p standing charge

    As well as their other tariffs if you have a compatible charger or are will to risk the variable prices on Agile Octopus that changes every 30 min

    You can't move the oven time easily, but if you can move some of the other big loads like tumble dryer into the cheap hours. Most appliances have time delay functions on these days to make shifting quite easy
  • Bearing mind you don’t say who your current supplier is, nor how many Kwh you currently use, look at other suppliers for their quotes, but tell them what your current power requirements are, Then can you shift any load e.g. EV charging to overnight, not sure about dryer though, also do the northern thing have dinner at “lunchtime , and have tea at “dinner time” i.e. peak-times. Your usage appears quite but that may be on your supplier’s guestimate
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy

    CEC Email energyclub@moneysavingexpert.com
  • I'm on the Next Drive Fixed tariff.  I don't think it's that bad, basically an Economy 7 type tariff for EV users.  And that's what makes it different from the Octopus tariffs, you get a full 7 hours to recharge your car.  This may or may not be useful; it works for me because I charge slowly using a "granny charger" at the moment.  
    Reed
  • markin
    markin Posts: 3,864 Forumite
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    Car would be 4K kwh a year i think. So most of 6K on peak may not be worth it.

    Look at the data, or take some readings if the is no smart meter, What is the daily usage that would be on the peak rate and night base load.
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