How to get the best SEG tariff

MSE_Clare

Hi everyone

We've just published a new guide on How to get the best Smart Export Guarantee rates and we'd love to hear your feedback.

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Thanks for your help,

MSE Clare

Coastalwatch

Thanks Clare, sets it all out very clearly in comparison tables.

Interesting to learn that not all company's payout for Export monthly but choose to hang on to it for 3 or even 12 months.

Qyburn

Coverage of Intelligent Octopus Flux needs to be updated now they support several systems in addition to Givenergy.

Reed_Richards

I have just joined the E.on Next Export Exclusive SEG tariff as an E.on Next supply customer.  The statement 

"You can request payment more frequently [than every 12 months], maximum of four payments a year."

applies in my case, although you wouldn't know this if you just read the "Solar export tariffs that require you to be an energy customer" table, as it is  not mentioned there, only on the previous table.  

It's strange; E.on Next wanted me to have an export MPAN so they can read my export reading remotely but they don't seem to actually use that facility.

Incidentally, my understanding is that their SEG payment rate is fixed for 12 months.  There is no indication that it will drop after that but it isn't guaranteed to last any longer.  I imagine the same is true of every other company; their SEG rates might change to reflect changes in the wholesale price of electricity.  

JimmySolar

In your comments re smart tariffs such as Flux & Go, you only talk about charging the batteries up overnight on the cheaper import tariffs, but you don't mention the possibility of charging the batteries back up again from solar the next morning for free which is what we do and we are on the Flux tariff.
Granted, it does depend on how large your solar array is and often there is the gamble on how good the weather forecast is, but generally for us, from March to October, Flux works very well for us.

We force export from our batteries between 4-7pm leaving enough in them to last overnight and into the next morning, when we leave them to recharge solely from solar. They are usually charged between late morning and mid afternoon (depending on the weather)

We've looked at the figures compared to being on other tariffs and the amount we can export at the current 30.5p (Flux for our area) peak 4-7pm period and 10.5p daytime rate, is still more than if we were on the fixed outgoing 15p rate all day.

We recently purchased a 2½ year old EV and have been managing to top that up from excess solar in the afternoons, before the 4pm export period starts.

We've been on Flux for the last 2 winters, but will be switching to Octopus Go around October/November time when the solar drops off. We will be able to benefit from the 8.5p overnight import rate now we have an EV compared to the current 17.1p Flux import rate.
Who knew getting solar and batteries would become soooo complicated. These smart tariffs didn't exist when we had our system installed.

Qyburn

JimmySolar said:

In your comments re smart tariffs such as Flux & Go, you only talk about charging the batteries up overnight on the cheaper import tariffs, but you don't mention the possibility of charging the batteries back up again from solar the next morning for free which is what we do and we are on the Flux tariff.

In our case charging from solar is not free as it reduces the amount exported.