EDF FreePhase Dynamic Tariff

tlcgrantham

   Anyone on this tariff?   It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am
                                                              red.     4:00pm - 7:00pm
                                                              amber the rest of the day
Rates alter daily with wholesale prices.

Today green is 13.35pkw
           red is.    27.51pkw
           amber.   16.17pkwh

WiserMiser

Strange name !  Sounds like a badly spoken person trying to say Three Phase !

bristolleedsfan

Also a Fixed/Static version.  https://www.edfenergy.com/gas-and-electricity/freephase

WiserMiser

Looks like EDF have given the teenage scribblers full rein.  Oh well, shift happens...

Newbie_John

Trying to see pros and cons compared to Agile.

Pros:
- cheaper cap 75p
- red looks slightly cheaper than AVG Agile 16-19
- AVG so I can always run dishwasher at any time 23-6 rather than trying to pick cheapest slot.
- things like heat-pump, heaters that run at anytime can be easily scheduled
- periods close to 16 & 19 should be much cheaper

Cons:
- you lose cheapest periods, when there's 0p for 1h and 15p through the rest you'll get 13p 
- it's new so you may be a guinea pig 

nigem

Has anyone tried to join the tariff? I filled in all the sections and it hasn't shown up on my EDF. Seemed like it was worth a try especially as there are no exit charges.

Scot_39

tlcgrantham said:

   Anyone on this tariff?   It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am
                                                              red.     4:00pm - 7:00pm
                                                              amber the rest of the day
Rates alter daily with wholesale prices.

Today green is 13.35pkw
           red is.    27.51pkw
           amber.   16.17pkwh

Has it got caps on those rates - and has it ever been "free" or "negative" - say on the green - like agile - which has hit the iirc pseudo £1 level at the red periods in past year ?

tlcgrantham

@ Scot39
        As Newby _John points out it does have a cap of 75pkwh on all rates. 

         It can go to zero pkwh but doesn’t go negative. 

     Like Agile you have to switch to EDF SVR then switch to a FreePhase Tariff. I’m currently switching to EDF and will post how it progresses.

tlcgrantham

nigem said:

Has anyone tried to join the tariff? I filled in all the sections and it hasn't shown up on my EDF. Seemed like it was worth a try especially as there are no exit charges.

I agree I thought it is  worth a try. Let us know if they let you join. Are EDF easy to contact by email or phone?

WiserMiser

tlcgrantham said:

nigem said:

Has anyone tried to join the tariff? I filled in all the sections and it hasn't shown up on my EDF. Seemed like it was worth a try especially as there are no exit charges.

Are EDF easy to contact by email or phone?

I wasn't impressed, found them almost as bad as British Gas.

'Which?' research from a year ago said that EDF was ranked joint 14th out of 16 energy companies in their annual customer survey. Its score of 62% put it only a handful of percentage points above the bottom-placed companies (Scottish Power and Ovo Energy, which scored 58% and 56%, respectively).

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/energy-companies/article/energy-company-reviews/edf-energy-aKUVQ8T9pWpP

JKenH

The Free Phase Dynamic looks attractive to me after comparing rates with Octopus Agile but I wasn’t absolutely sure which export tariffs are available alongside the tariff. 

This was my best guess:

Next Export Exclusive v3.

We'll reward you with 13p per kWh of electricity you export on a 12-month fixed-term SEG tariff.

• Fixed SEG rates for 12 months.

• No exit fees.

• Requires a smart export meter and consent for half hourly consumption data collection.

Eligibility criteria:

• Import energy tariff with E.ON Next excluding smart tariffs i.e. Next Drive.

• A residential customer with a renewable generation system (i.e. solar) up to 15kW.

• New and existing customers.

  
  

  Has anyone else looked into this? Does Free Phase count as a “smart” tariff - I assume not as there is no interaction with customer devices?

  
  

  Stupidly I confused EDF with EON so above is irrelevant. Thanks @bristolleedsfan for pointing out my error. Apologies if I confused anyone else.