Newbie questions on PV panels and battery

Slinky

matt_drummer said:

Slinky said:

I'd caveat  Netexporter's comments by saying you can 'often' buy electricity in at a cheaper rate than you can sell it but it's not always the case, and certainly isn't at the moment with grey skies and low wind speeds, overnight rates are higher than the 15p you can get for selling any excess. Summer you'll do much better than winter in this regard.

Odd.

I buy all my electricity overnight from Octopus at 7p per kWh .

Depends on the tariff you are on. We're on Agile where the cheapest slots I was using last night were 18-20p.  I'm guessing you are on a tariff for EV or ASHP?

matt_drummer

Slinky said:

matt_drummer said:

Slinky said:

I'd caveat  Netexporter's comments by saying you can 'often' buy electricity in at a cheaper rate than you can sell it but it's not always the case, and certainly isn't at the moment with grey skies and low wind speeds, overnight rates are higher than the 15p you can get for selling any excess. Summer you'll do much better than winter in this regard.

Odd.

I buy all my electricity overnight from Octopus at 7p per kWh .

Depends on the tariff you are on. We're on Agile where the cheapest slots I was using last night were 18-20p.  I'm guessing you are on a tariff for EV or ASHP?

Yes, Intelligent Octopus Go.

What the OP could have with their EV charger and if they added battery storage, as they are enquiring about, they could also fill their batteries at 7p per kWh and get 15p per kWh for their exports in Octopus Outgoing.

waveydavey48

Thanks everyone for your input, plenty food for thought there.

I do appreciate your time.