EDF FreePhase Dynamic Tariff

Spoonie_Turtle

Newbie_John said:

It is so much easier to share with family - run dishwasher between 23-6am rather than install app on your phone, check prices.. never worked for us 😅

That's how I thought it would be for Agile which is why I resisted it until we had to leave Tracker - but it turns out overnight and 12-4 are usually cheapest, and any variation if need be I can easily communicate (e.g. 'it starts getting expensive after 2pm today' or, 'exceptionally cheap all day and basically free/negative between 8am-3pm'). 

Because I know that with our normal usage Agile works out cheaper than any of the other Octopus tariffs on offer, I'm not obsessing over ever penny - except maybe for timing my showers but that's just for me, doesn't affect anyone else!

However for those who like a bit more certainty and set times to remember (or who are the type of person who would obsess over every penny even if they didn't want to), I can definitely see the appeal of FreePhase.  Plus the lower peaks, for those who don't have so much usage at other times to balance it out.

Different strokes for different folks

tlcgrantham

@ Yarrows.             Don't forget the EDF referral of £75 till Dec 22nd if you know someone already with EDF. That would likely cancel out your exit fee for an Electricity switch

Newbie_John

bristolleedsfan said:

Newbie_John said:

FreePhase is probably easier to not bother with times, for most of the year green is cheaper than amber which is cheaper then red. Avoid red, make most in green and ignore amber  

Most the days this week only 2.6p kWh difference between green and amber, which for most appliances is negligible difference. ( 2.45p kWh difference on Friday)

Yeah, this week has had negligible difference but you can see here (average price in last 365 days, or min/max per day):
https://energy-stats.uk/octopus-agile-london/

That 0-6 is cheaper per average, it also has more low / negative rates in winter at night.

The most expensive Amber times are 7am and 7pm on Agile, but on FreePhase they are averaged out.

Cheapest time on Agile tend to be 3:30 in the green zone and 22:30 in Amber.

tlcgrantham

     Very Good rates for tomorrow.  Green.  11.00pm - 6:00am.  5.64p per kwh 

                                                        Amber.  All other times.       14.51p per kWh

                                                        Red.      4:00pm - 7:00pm.   25.88p per  kWh 


      

zepps

I have just signed up to freephase my self went live on the 11th December, just asking guys does your smart meter display show the tariff info and the kWh per hour of this new tariff or does it show the standard rate like mine does 25.65kwh, or are we reliant on the bill to work it all out.

tlcgrantham

zepps said:

I have just signed up to freephase my self went live on the 11th December, just asking guys does your smart meter display show the tariff info and the kWh per hour of this new tariff or does it show the standard rate like mine does 25.65kwh, or are we reliant on the bill to work it all out.

I’m assuming you mean the IHD when you speak of “smart meter display”.    My IHD still shows a fixed rate of 19.74kwh and has done so since going live. This was the amber rate on the day it went live.

The EDF Hub will show you various hourly, daily, weekly usage, tariff rates and costs. It updates each day with the previous days usage, usually in the evenings.

bristolleedsfan

tlcgrantham said:

zepps said:

I have just signed up to freephase my self went live on the 11th December, just asking guys does your smart meter display show the tariff info and the kWh per hour of this new tariff or does it show the standard rate like mine does 25.65kwh, or are we reliant on the bill to work it all out.

The EDF Hub will show you various hourly, daily, weekly usage, tariff rates and costs. It updates each day with the previous days usage, usually in the evenings.

Updates AM for me, yesterday showing now, possibly having done so for a few hours.

zepps

bristolleedsfan said:

tlcgrantham said:

zepps said:

I have just signed up to freephase my self went live on the 11th December, just asking guys does your smart meter display show the tariff info and the kWh per hour of this new tariff or does it show the standard rate like mine does 25.65kwh, or are we reliant on the bill to work it all out.

The EDF Hub will show you various hourly, daily, weekly usage, tariff rates and costs. It updates each day with the previous days usage, usually in the evenings.

Updates AM for me, yesterday showing now, possibly having done so for a few hours.

That's interesting I'll take a look. 👍

bristolleedsfan

Daytime rate excluding 4pm-7pm  marginally cheaper on Saturday than overnight rate.

Newbie_John

There's little chance for negative prices Sat/Sun night so wonder what it would look like on EDF..