Octopus - which tariff is better?

javixeneize

zxzxzx said:

Octopus Compare App will show you comparison of tariffs for your electric usage. Prices for agile etc are wholesale based and vary day by day/hour by hour so you need to adjust how you use electricity to gain best results. Very cheap if you have solar/batteries and can shift time of use.

Is there a similar tool to compare it for gas? It is, how much would i have paid last year if i was in a tracker tariff instead of fixed/loyal?

Thanks

zxzxzx

javixeneize said:

zxzxzx said:

Octopus Compare App will show you comparison of tariffs for your electric usage. Prices for agile etc are wholesale based and vary day by day/hour by hour so you need to adjust how you use electricity to gain best results. Very cheap if you have solar/batteries and can shift time of use.

Is there a similar tool to compare it for gas? It is, how much would i have paid last year if i was in a tracker tariff instead of fixed/loyal?

Thanks

Sorry, solid fuel and Calor gas in my house so can’t help.

Xsallas

I am having an  ASHP installed next week; I already have solar panels and GivEnergy battery. My energy supplier is Octopus energy I need to choose between Cosy Tariff and Intelligent Octopus flex (which I am on now). Which is cheaper/better?
Only me so I use  relatively small amount of electricity.

bristolleedsfan

javixeneize said:

however, I am considering the agile or the tracker ones, but I have no indication on what are the prices there, as those are at wholesale market prices.

Based on Wholesale prices with Octopus adding a margin, not  "at wholesale market prices"

QrizB

Xsallas said:

I am having an  ASHP installed next week; I already have solar panels and GivEnergy battery. My energy supplier is Octopus energy I need to choose between Cosy Tariff and Intelligent Octopus flex (which I am on now). Which is cheaper/better?

They're quite different tariffs.

In the winter, when you're buying more electricity than you're exporting, I would expect Cosy to be cheaper. In the summer, when you're exporting more, Intelligent Flux is likely to be cheaper.

I've assumed that you can persuade your battery to charge from the grid during the cheap Cosy rate in the winter, and to export during the Intelligent Flux peak in the summer.

Xsallas

Yes I can get my battery to charge from the grid - haven't tested with Cosy as yet. Thanks for your suggestion.