Octopus saving sessions

Lorian

For those booking a slot today 1pm is left. The others all booked out. Must remember to use some before the last couple of weekends or it could end in tears.

NedS

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82119692#Comment_82119692

It must vary by region. In my region I have booked 11-12, and all other slots are showing as still available if I want to book a second hour, although 2 of the 3 show limited spaces available.

QrizB

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82119692#Comment_82119692

I've got two slots in the bank and have booked 1300-1400 today. There's a thirsty EV here and I've got laundry to wash!

Edit: there are still some 1400-1500 slots available here (Southern region).

Yorkie1

Looking at my account, it says my score is 16 octopoints, 2 sessions, and 0 happy hours to use.

I've participated in all of the power down sessions over the last couple of weeks (I think 5?). The detail shows 12/08 1kWh and 16 octopoints, still calculating 27/08.

Have I just not used enough in the other sessions for it even to record? The key suggests there should be a record of opting in and whether I used less energy, even if it wasn't sufficiently less to record. But nothing for the other sessions is there at all. 💁

QrizB

Have I just not used enough in the other sessions for it even to record? The key suggests there should be a record of opting in and whether I used less energy, even if it wasn't sufficiently less to record. But nothing for the other sessions is there at all.

At the bottom of this page (you'll need to enter your account number into the URL where the nnns are) you should be able to see which sessions you opted in to and what your results are:

https://octopus.energy/dashboard/new/accounts/A-nnnnnnn/saving-sessions

Mine looks like this:

If you can't see anything at all for some sessions, it means Octopus doesn't think you opted in to them.

Yorkie1

Thanks @QrizB

Yes indeed, that's the screen I was looking at. I had clicked the links to Opt In from the emails I received, and to the best of my recollection got a confirmation that I had opted in. Very strange and a bit disappointing.

Will monitor it more closely if they offer any future sessions. just in case I hadn't done something I should have done to opt in.

QrizB

@Yorkie1 You could drop them a message about the missing sessions? If something is broken at their end, best to get it fixed sooner rather than later.

Lorian

Id not realised the free slots were regional but that makes sense.

NedS

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82119880#Comment_82119880

I'm only guessing, but it would make sense.

They may be applying even finer granularity given they have our precise postcode location - they may encourage me and my neighbours to be evenly distributed so we are not all pulling 16kW and overloading the local substation. With just over 150 properties on my substation, and Octopus' 25% market share, it's not unreasonable to infer there are around 40 Octopus customers connected to my substation and I know from NG that only 26 of the ~150 properties have solar and at least one, the village pub, has no permission to export. Would be interesting to know (at least to geeks like me) how deeply they model this stuff.

debitcardmayhem

Another DFS requirement today 1900-2200 no bids by Octopus , no surprise there, still I can go 21 miles to get a free 40p chocolate bar before 2300.