Here I go again ….

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Rosie1001 said:

Swipe said:

Might be just easier to switch to E7 and then move to Octopus and go on Snug. I don't think anyone on E7 will do better price-wise than on Snug (barring Utility Warehouse). Plus you get the afternoon 1 hour boost. That's my plan when my Eon Next 10p E7 night rate ends in late November.

Only get the boost when Octopus deem its cold enough ! 

That's fair enough. I get no boost now and have no need for one in summer. Those E10 rates were way too expensive anyway so you'd save loads by going to Snug.

Scot_39

There are a few posters here on Snug - they might have a better idea of what "winter" for afternoon boost means.

@vienna28

@HalfFull

Any comment ?

QrizB

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Rosie1001 said:

Swipe said:

Might be just easier to switch to E7 and then move to Octopus and go on Snug. I don't think anyone on E7 will do better price-wise than on Snug (barring Utility Warehouse). Plus you get the afternoon 1 hour boost. That's my plan when my Eon Next 10p E7 night rate ends in late November.

Only get the boost when Octopus deem its cold enough ! 

That's fair enough. I get no boost now and have no need for one in summer. Those E10 rates were way too expensive anyway so you'd save loads by going to Snug.

There was a thread on Snug? I think the afternoon boost lasted second edit into.May, but I don't remember anything about when in the year it started.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81444596/#Comment_81444596

QrizB

If you do switch to Octopus, don't forget to get a referral code from friends or family (we can't share them here). Every £50 helps!

vienna28

During this present heatwave my afternoon snug cheap hour has remained.  So I am hoping the cheap snug hour is permanent.

As Scot_39 said poster "halffull" is like me on "snug" and if I remember correctly reading an old Rosie thread,  I believe me, halffull and Rosie all have a EDMI ES-12B smart meter?

From "halffull's" earlier thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6603270/metering-requirements-of-octopus-snug#latest he had some issues when switching to snug.  However from his last post he did eventually switch to snug.  I also had a few issues when first on snug that the Octopus smart metering team eventually fixed.  So Rosie if you decide to switch to snug you may/may not get some glitches early on that will quickly get fixed.

Rosie if you do switch to Octopus I would do the switch online and that way you can use somebody's referral code and then you will get a £50 credit switching to Octopus.

As earlier mentioned, when switching you first have to go onto their variable tariff and only then you can switch to the snug tariff.  So I would advise switching online, when doing that use somebody's referral code to make sure you get that £50 credit for switching to Octopus.

Scot_39

QrizB said:

Swipe said:

Rosie1001 said:

Swipe said:

Might be just easier to switch to E7 and then move to Octopus and go on Snug. I don't think anyone on E7 will do better price-wise than on Snug (barring Utility Warehouse). Plus you get the afternoon 1 hour boost. That's my plan when my Eon Next 10p E7 night rate ends in late November.

Only get the boost when Octopus deem its cold enough ! 

That's fair enough. I get no boost now and have no need for one in summer. Those E10 rates were way too expensive anyway so you'd save loads by going to Snug.

There was a thread on Snug? I think the afternoon boost lasted second edit into.May, but I don't remember anything about when in the year it started.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81444596/#Comment_81444596

Yes - but later on in the thread - when the meter was once again controlled by Snug at snug times - the 4 pm 1hrs were back - and that cheap hour was back on @vienna28 's May 9th data but not on the 8th.

The meter had fully reverted to E7 the April loss date - back on Snug in May.

Oops - edit - just noticed your edit - sure was still Apr when read - maybe not hit quote button - 

edit 2 - just noticed vienna28 - still boosting despite heatwaves.

My guess is solar in summer makes the afternoon boost sustainable - regardless of say wind in winter.

Grid iamkate been in the 10+ GW peak range again today early PM for solar when looked (13GW a week or so ago)

Rosie1001

That’s my meter 

vic_sf49

vienna28 said:

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Rosie if you do switch to Octopus I would do the switch online and that way you can use somebody's referral code and then you will get a £50 credit switching to Octopus.

You can just tell them the three words in the referral code, if you'd prefer to phone Octopus to switch.

I did that when I switched in 2021, when noone seemed to be doing online switching (when all the prices were going crazy.) 

QrizB

vic_sf49 said:

vienna28 said:

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Rosie if you do switch to Octopus I would do the switch online and that way you can use somebody's referral code and then you will get a £50 credit switching to Octopus.

You can just tell them the three words in the referral code, if you'd prefer to phone Octopus to switch.

And if you forget your referral code, you can phone / message them with it for a little while after switching and they'll add it then.

Rosie1001

I don’t know anyone on octopus for a referral 😩