Energy providers and Solar and EV Tariff Compatibility

LisaJenny

Hi there, I’m hoping someone can help with an issue which I’m struggling to get a clear answer to. I have just received a new EV and had an Ohme charger installed at my house, I also have solar panels. I am currently with OVO energy and was hoping to use their Anytime tariff but I’ve been told my Ohme charger doesn’t work with this tariff due to the solar panels (something they will hopefully fix eventually). So I am looking at maybe switching providers to one which has a good ev tariff which will work with my solar panels. Any suggestions please?

born_again

Octopus Intelligent.

Except you export you solar, rather than charge the car with solar.

Car charging @7p solar export @15p (or that is what it was last year)

https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-flux/

debitcardmayhem

born_again said:

Octopus Intelligent.

Except you export you solar, rather than charge the car with solar.

Car charging @7p solar export @15p (or that is what it was last year)

https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-flux/

surely you mean intelligent go

born_again

debitcardmayhem said:

born_again said:

Octopus Intelligent.

Except you export you solar, rather than charge the car with solar.

Car charging @7p solar export @15p (or that is what it was last year)

https://octopus.energy/smart/intelligent-octopus-flux/

surely you mean intelligent go

Yep.
OP would just need to confirm that they still do export on the tariff.

QrizB

LisaJenny said:

Hi there, I’m hoping someone can help with an issue which I’m struggling to get a clear answer to. I have just received a new EV and had an Ohme charger installed at my house, I also have solar panels. I am currently with OVO energy and was hoping to use their Anytime tariff but I’ve been told my Ohme charger doesn’t work with this tariff due to the solar panels (something they will hopefully fix eventually). So I am looking at maybe switching providers to one which has a good ev tariff which will work with my solar panels. Any suggestions please?

I'm with Octopus, have an Ohme charger and am using Intelligent Octopus Go. The tariff and charger work together nicely. See below for export tariff options.

born_again said:

debitcardmayhem said:

surely you mean intelligent go

Yep.
OP would just need to confirm that they still do export on the tariff.

Octopus have a handy matrix that shows what export tariff options are available with each import tariff.:

https://octopus.energy/help-and-faqs/articles/which-export-tariff-can-i-combine-with-my-import-tariff/

It currently looks like this:

Reed_Richards

It's Octopus Octopus Octopus here, but Eon Next might be worth a look.  Cheaper night/EV rate and higher payment for exported electricity.  

Petriix

Reed_Richards said:

It's Octopus Octopus Octopus here, but Eon Next might be worth a look.  Cheaper night/EV rate and higher payment for exported electricity.  

Do Eon Next do cheap electricity until 11am?
The main benefit of Intelligent Octopus Go is the extra cheap slots. We regularly plug in in the morning and do a couple of loads of washing etc. 

Reed_Richards

Petriix said:

Reed_Richards said:

It's Octopus Octopus Octopus here, but Eon Next might be worth a look.  Cheaper night/EV rate and higher payment for exported electricity.  

Do Eon Next do cheap electricity until 11am?
The main benefit of Intelligent Octopus Go is the extra cheap slots. We regularly plug in in the morning and do a couple of loads of washing etc. 

No but they give you cheaper electricity than Octopus Go for 7 hours (midnight to 7 am) every day of the week.  That's one hour more than the standard Octopus cheap rate every day, guaranteed.  I understand that Octopus will sometimes throw-in some extra cheap rate time but how certain is this?