Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?

QrizB

Qyburn said:

amz1909 said:

thanks, does it just allow ev to be charged at that rate or anything during that time.. still going through the list 

Octopus Go does, it's simply a lower price (8.5p) for five hours.  Intelligent Go is more complex, from what I understand it's only cheap while the car's actually charging.

Broadly speaking there are three types of EV tariffs.

1. A fixed cheap-rate period each night. During that period, all you electricity is cheaper, but your daytime electricity is more expensive than usual. Octopus Go and EON Next Drive are both examples, but so is boring old Economy 7.
2. A fixed cheap-rate period each night, plus any hours outside that period when the supplier's "smarts" chooses to charge your car. During these periods all your electricity is cheaper, but your daytime epectricity is more expensive than usual. Intelligent Octopus Go and EON Next Drive Smart are both examples.
3. Anytime cheap-rate electricity for EV charging only. All other electricity is charged at standard rates. The supplier uses the charger's own data to calculate how much electricity you've use at the EV rate. Scottish Power EV Optimise and OVO Charge Anytime are both examples.

Personally, I've had both the first varieties but have been avoiding the third type.

GSV3MIAC2

I tried both those types too, but I managed to get onto NextDrive version with 7 cheap hours (fixed) which is now closed. The Octopus smart version will integrate with some chargers, if you ask specially, whereas the Eon smart version only works with (some selected) cars. Both have issues with putting out silly slots (in Octopus case I has some 1 minute, 3Wh charge slots .. madness) or getting confused about whether to charge (cost wise) at peak or offpeak rate. IMO the smart ones are not really ready for prime time yet.

QrizB

GSV3MIAC2 said:

Both have issues with putting out silly slots (in Octopus case I has some 1 minute, 3Wh charge slots .. madness)

Those are the best ones. You get 30 minutes of cheap household use and your car is still hungry for more, so you get another slot later

MattMattMattUK

QrizB said:

GSV3MIAC2 said:

Both have issues with putting out silly slots (in Octopus case I has some 1 minute, 3Wh charge slots .. madness)

Those are the best ones. You get 30 minutes of cheap household use and your car is still hungry for more, so you get another slot later

Exactly that, I have three of them this evening, one 11 minutes, one 4 minutes and one for two minutes, very little charging but 90 minutes of cheap rate electricity for my whole home, on top of the normal night hours as well.

NormalNorman

Newbie_John said:

I've left TE mid October for Octopus, paid final bill to TE, and first bill to Octopus.

Received a text message from BG they will look after my bill from now on.. say what 😉?

Same here. Only Home Energy. Final bill paid to TE and first DD taken by new supplier. 

badboy13

So the different rates I got throughout the day with Tomato, have they gone now, from today, or last week? Am I on a capped rate from today?

MattMattMattUK

badboy13 said:

So the different rates I got throughout the day with Tomato, have they gone now, from today, or last week? Am I on a capped rate from today?

They went from when Tomato went into administration. 

masonic

badboy13 said:

So the different rates I got throughout the day with Tomato, have they gone now, from today, or last week? Am I on a capped rate from today?

The effective date of BG's appointment was Sunday, so presumably from the beginning of that day.

masonic

MattMattMattUK said:

badboy13 said:

So the different rates I got throughout the day with Tomato, have they gone now, from today, or last week? Am I on a capped rate from today?

They went from when Tomato went into administration. 

It doesn't appear to have actually gone into administration yet.

MWT

masonic said:

MattMattMattUK said:

badboy13 said:

So the different rates I got throughout the day with Tomato, have they gone now, from today, or last week? Am I on a capped rate from today?

They went from when Tomato went into administration. 

It doesn't appear to have actually gone into administration yet.

I struggle to believe that the director's would be stupid enough not to pay for it themselves if necessary, I imagine they are just looking for the cheapest deal at this point, but with the prospect of the entire group unravelling I guess anything is possible...