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Weird Octopus app bug(?) - negative gas usage

QrizB
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edited 18 October 2025 at 8:10PM in Energy
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?
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  • EssexHebridean
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    Don’t tell me - you’re beta-testing Agile gas, aren’t you! 😂
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  • MikeJXE
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    Mine looks like this 


  • MWT
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    edited 19 October 2025 at 6:35AM
    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 ...

  • Bearing in mind when you contacted them about your earlier woes, it is probably using the gas stored in the  pipework 😎
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  • Bendo
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    Too many sprouts consumed and on an export tariff? 
  • It's crossed with your neighbour's meter and he's pumping nitrogen down his pipe to make the meter go backwards ! 😈
  • What does Octopus Customer Services say?
  • Perhaps they've backdated the Volumetric Adjustment variable.
    So just correcting errors in estimated prior use?
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