Intelligent Octopus Go - Two Registers

The_Hawk

From around 1 April 2025 it seems my Intelligent Octopus Go tariff has switched from recording on one register to recording on two registers.

It looks like the second register has started recording overnight usage but not any EV charging that Intelligent Octopus Go switches to daytime.

So far, there doesn't appear to be anything untoward in this change, but I am wondering if it is an anomaly or has this change happened for others on Intelligent Octopus Go?

born_again

Well all my daytime charging has been recorded & charged correctly. Last bill 2nd April.

MWT

The_Hawk said:

From around 1 April 2025 it seems my Intelligent Octopus Go tariff has switched from recording on one register to recording on two registers.

It looks like the second register has started recording overnight usage but not any EV charging that Intelligent Octopus Go switches to daytime.

So far, there doesn't appear to be anything untoward in this change, but I am wondering if it is an anomaly or has this change happened for others on Intelligent Octopus Go?

Billing for IOG is based on the half-hour readings not the main registers so it should not affect billing, but it might prove helpful if you ever suffer a data loss as the day/night registers will at lease give an accurate split for any overnight charging.

QrizB

Octopus configured my meter to use two registers when I was on Go. It's still on two registers now I've switched to Intelligent Go.

As stated above, the registers aren't used for billing.

The_Hawk

I appreciate that the registers are not used for billing, I was just curious as to why Octopus have changed me from one to two registers after being on Intelligent Octopus Go for around 3 years.

bob2302

It would be a sensible move if it means that you would go to E7 in the event of SOLR; not specifically for Octopus, but for the industry in general.

MWT

The_Hawk said:

I appreciate that the registers are not used for billing, I was just curious as to why Octopus have changed me from one to two registers after being on Intelligent Octopus Go for around 3 years.

For some time now Octopus has moved people between one and two registers as needed for various tariffs without updating the central records for the meter every time it changed class.

I suspect that your meter has been class 2 all along, so all they have done it reverted your meter to the correct class as per the central database. 

This helps avoid issues that can arise where there is a discrepancy between the registered meter class and the actual way the smart meter has been configured, so it is a good idea to keep the meters as per the central database or update the database accordingly.