Octopus saving sessions

Slinky

Not exactly going to get rich on that are we......... We're mostly running on battery at that time of day, although we could do a bit of forced export from the battery.

debitcardmayhem

Slinky said:

Not exactly going to get rich on that are we......... We're mostly running on battery at that time of day, although we could do a bit of forced export from the battery.

I have problems with my solar , when it’s sunny, I am normally exporting 1-2 kWh meaning my base is minus to start with, ok I will get 30p / kWh for export but then need to top up the battery earlier than normal at 23p. Plus we will need to cook then since we have a hospital visit between 2-6 pm, a takeaway will outweigh the savings. 
I am annoyed that they(Octopus) never bid for the 1900-2100 slots.

SuzeQStan

debitcardmayhem 

I have problems with my solar , when it’s sunny, I am normally exporting 1-2 kWh meaning my base is minus to start with, ok I will get 30p / kWh for export but then need to top up the battery earlier than normal at 23p. Plus we will need to cook then since we have a hospital visit between 2-6 pm, a takeaway will outweigh the savings. 
I am annoyed that they(Octopus) never bid for the 1900-2100 slots.

Agree 💯  ..

Netexporter

Opted in but my solar is likely to cover my "baseload", so no action required. Solar probably covered me on the reference day, too, so no points for me, I suspect. Still, it's the thought that counts!

runsonair

debitcardmayhem said:

Slinky said:

Not exactly going to get rich on that are we......... We're mostly running on battery at that time of day, although we could do a bit of forced export from the battery.

I have problems with my solar , when it’s sunny, I am normally exporting 1-2 kWh meaning my base is minus to start with, ok I will get 30p / kWh for export but then need to top up the battery earlier than normal at 23p. Plus we will need to cook then since we have a hospital visit between 2-6 pm, a takeaway will outweigh the savings. 
I am annoyed that they(Octopus) never bid for the 1900-2100 slots.

Can I ask how you get 30p export please ? Best I can think of is 15p+10p=25p. With system losses and such like it's not even worth trying any more I'm afraid, much like last year. I'm out

debitcardmayhem

runsonair said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Slinky said:

Not exactly going to get rich on that are we......... We're mostly running on battery at that time of day, although we could do a bit of forced export from the battery.

I have problems with my solar , when it’s sunny, I am normally exporting 1-2 kWh meaning my base is minus to start with, ok I will get 30p / kWh for export but then need to top up the battery earlier than normal at 23p. Plus we will need to cook then since we have a hospital visit between 2-6 pm, a takeaway will outweigh the savings. 
I am annoyed that they(Octopus) never bid for the 1900-2100 slots.

Can I ask how you get 30p export please ? Best I can think of is 15p+10p=25p. With system losses and such like it's not even worth trying any more I'm afraid, much like last year. I'm out

IOF day 23.02/peak 30.69 p import and export, but I will come off that towards end of Oct until Mid March 

debitcardmayhem

Looks like Octopus didn’t bid again, some bids accepted at £190/MWh….

debitcardmayhem

Octopus 1800-1900 160/MW say 13p if you can be bothered 

victor2

I've switched to the slightly cheaper Collective BG tariff, but had given up on these saving slots anyway. BG have half price sessions every Sunday from 11am to 4pm. Will save more on that and you can plan your schedule around it. Time for 1 or 2 washing machine cycles and a full eco dishwasher cycle. 
Much more sensible. 

born_again

GBH, saving sessions to most are a waste of time.

Over average usage over the last month bill is 1kWh in that period

So for any meaningful saving would mean a total shutdown. No way going to do that. Mrs would kill me 😶‍🌫️