Octopus saving sessions

TroubledTarts

born_again said:

bristolleedsfan said:

TroubledTarts said:

runsonair said:

TroubledTarts said:

I think if you have batteries and getting an extra 12p kwh on top of the normal export rate it's better than most have been getting out of the energy market recently.

Between 17:30 - 18:30 = agile approx 48p... export = (12 + 15 = 27p) ... Nah

Intelligent Go 6p to charge and 27p to export 19p kwh profit.

https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-go/

Intelligent Go 7p to charge 

But that is only if you have a EV plugged in & charging at the time.  Which from my experience today with mine & I only wanted 20% (14kWh) it was on & off like a yo yo from 10:00 to 16:00.

Straight forward GO at 8.5pkwh with set hours might be the better option for some then.

born_again

TroubledTarts said:

born_again said:

bristolleedsfan said:

TroubledTarts said:

runsonair said:

TroubledTarts said:

I think if you have batteries and getting an extra 12p kwh on top of the normal export rate it's better than most have been getting out of the energy market recently.

Between 17:30 - 18:30 = agile approx 48p... export = (12 + 15 = 27p) ... Nah

Intelligent Go 6p to charge and 27p to export 19p kwh profit.

https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-go/

Intelligent Go 7p to charge 

But that is only if you have a EV plugged in & charging at the time.  Which from my experience today with mine & I only wanted 20% (14kWh) it was on & off like a yo yo from 10:00 to 16:00.

Straight forward GO at 8.5pkwh with set hours might be the better option for some then.

Why I got what I needed @7p. 
Intelligent works far better for me, cutting rest of house usage to 7p while daytime charging. No need to charge overnight then, when car is sat on drive in daytime.👍

VoucherMan

kingstreet said:

Genuine question - do we increase the possibility of future power cuts by not demonstrating we can "put something back" unless we're paid for the effort? I've signed-up and saved about half a kW in an hour just to show willing, really.

Putting my 'optimistic hat on', I like to think the opposite.
While I assume there's always the expensive option of importing from mainland Europe, maybe, just maybe, the powers that be will realize they can't rely on the general public to pull them out the s*!t following years of under investment, and they'll start making some serious investments into future energy security.

Yeah, I'm a fantasist!

TroubledTarts

I suspect uptake in the scheme for the lower rates is low and many just won't try as hard so the effect of the low rates should show in the reporting at the end of the DFS season.

That will hopefully provide the details that they need to offer moreoney for the savings to get more people and more kwh saved.

debitcardmayhem

Spending shed loads on Carbon Capture and Storage doesn’t generate electricity, the cost of electricity is driven by gas prices, and we don’t have enough storage to see us through pronlonged periods  of no wind/solar.

QrizB

I opted in but for the past week all our leccy in that slot has come from the Fogstar so my baseline is going to tiny. Might earn tuppence / 16 Octopoints if I'm lucky!

laidbackgjr

I made a bit exporting yesterday - but the rates barely make it worthwhile.

I wish the scheme would update it's goals to be cleaner / cheaper energy - rather than just be about capacity constraints. If you throw / waste enough money there will always be capacity - but at what price? 

SuzeQStan

We exported as well - but echo the above sentiment

kingstreet

born_again said:

kingstreet said:

Genuine question - do we increase the possibility of future power cuts by not demonstrating we can "put something back" unless we're paid for the effort? I've signed-up and saved about half a kW in an hour just to show willing, really.

Why is it going to increase the possibility of possible power cuts? Clearly there is enough back up capacity to cover any shortfall.
Unless the powers to be decide to dump some power stations based on the fact people are prepared to cut back for ££?
You pay peanuts & these monkeys are going to go back to normal usage. It has to be worthwhile to cut back.

When you see the battery people sayings it not worth it, then for anyone else the though of sitting in the dark for a few pence is simply not worth the effort.

Perhaps I'm being a little suspicious and thinking in the not too far distant future everyone will have their batteries and their EVs connected to the grid when not in use and capacity will simply be taken at times of high demand, once the technical changes have been made. Greg Jackson intimated similar not so long ago.

Slinky

I'm glad I didn't export. Had plumber in yesterday trying to balance our CH better, and I think he must have hit the switch to turn on the electric heating element in the towel rail by mistake. It emptied out our batteries after the CH went off last night and we ended up importing for an hour at over 33p kWh (Economy 7 daytime rate). If I'd exported to the grid any saving would have been wiped out and more by the towel rail issue.