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Weird Octopus app bug(?) - negative gas usage
I was looking at today's energy usage on my Octopus app and the gas use chart looks like this:

That's -2kWh of gas used in the most recent 30-minute slot, which I think is a first for me 😂
Had anyone else seen anything like this?
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
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Don’t tell me - you’re beta-testing Agile gas, aren’t you! 😂🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
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Mine looks like this
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QrizB said:I was looking at today's energy usage on my Octopus app and the gas use chart looks like this:That's -2kWh of gas used in the most recent 30-minute slot, which I think is a first for me 😂Had anyone else seen anything like this?Only thing I can suggest is an un-trapped error code from the meter.See how the daily total works out ...
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Bearing in mind when you contacted them about your earlier woes, it is probably using the gas stored in the pipework 😎4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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