Octopus saving sessions

mmmmikey

I guess this confirms what we sort of knew anecdotally - that the scheme fizzled out with many customers opting in because they had nothing to lose by doing so, but then not actually doing anything to make savings. The rewards simply weren't enough to persuade many people to actively take part.

I wonder what will happen later this year? Will the scheme run again, and if so will it be marketed differently to encourage more active participation, and/or will the rates be higher? Or will we see a completely different scheme or none at all?

Who's predicting what?

Netexporter

The rewards simply weren't enough to persuade many people to actively take part.

It was certainly worth it for battery owners. I suspect the greatest effect in countering supply shortages will eventually come from distributed storage, as more homes and businesses adopt batteries to regulate their electricity costs.

born_again

mmmmikey said:

I guess this confirms what we sort of knew anecdotally - that the scheme fizzled out with many customers opting in because they had nothing to lose by doing so, but then not actually doing anything to make savings. The rewards simply weren't enough to persuade many people to actively take part.

I wonder what will happen later this year? Will the scheme run again, and if so will it be marketed differently to encourage more active participation, and/or will the rates be higher? Or will we see a completely different scheme or none at all?

Who's predicting what?

Just because some would only made a small saving, is hardly a reason not to do it. Hardest part was often finding when they were..

In reality they need to offer a separate scheme for the battery owners uploading their stored power & one for people simply saving on their home usage.
Which to many of us is not easy to do, given a lot are already down to minimal usage.

Over the 15 sessions I saved 1.34kWh, with 2 sessions saving nothing. Only way I could have saved anything on these would have been to turn power off.. Which is never going to happen.

Netexporter

I did turn the power off for the last few sessions as it was the only way I could lose the final 14 watts.

Spoonie_Turtle

"Check you out, Xxxxx: you're in the top 5% of Saving Sessions customers!"

What?? HOW the heck???

"Over 14 Sessions, you saved 6.2kWh of power when fossil fuels were burning hardest.

 

That put you in the top 5% of all customers."

Mainly just turned the heat pump off (in reality, lowered heating temp to stop it running) and this despite using more in some savings sessions due to cooking / more people being at home than usual / in one case someone having a shower.  And earned 12240 Octopoints/£15.30 for it.  Worth the minimal effort for sure!

Alnat1

Finally got my results in, saved 32.31kWh over 14 sessions, making the top 1%. 63520 Octopoints or £79.40

"You and your fellow solar-powered customers made even more of an impact. You personally saved around 19x as much as the average customer without home solar - proving it pays to have rays"

alicef

We received the email today - top 9%!  Woohoo.  Felt pleased by that given we missed a number of sessions and don't have photovoltaics/batteries but realistically it usually meant we pushed cooking supper later and we have an electric Rangemaster.

powerful_Rogue

Here's how you did: Over 14 Sessions, you saved 29.29kWh of power when fossil fuels were burning hardest. And earned 58160 Octopoints or around £72.70 – the equivalent of 34.3 days' free electricity for an average UK home.

 

 

That put you in the top 1% of all customers. You and your fellow solar-powered customers made even more of an impact. You personally saved around 17x as much as the average customer without home solar – proving it pays to have rays.

Happy with that!

SuzeQStan

Gave up on the last few sessions but also made 1% bracket - saved 26.8kwh

Slinky

Over 15 Sessions, you saved 26.61kWh of power when fossil fuels were burning hardest.

 

That put you in the top 1% of all customers.

 

You and your fellow solar-powered customers made even more of an impact. You personally saved around 15x as much as the average customer without home solar – proving it pays to have rays.

 

You stopped 4764g of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.

 

And earned 52240 Octopoints or around £65.30 – the equivalent of 30.8 days' free electricity for an average UK home.

 

You kept up a streak for 15 Sessions, earning you some bonus points too!