Octopus Free Power Hours

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richbee wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:04 pm Don't think the lack of email or otherwise is regional necessarily - I haven't had any emails since the first one, but my wife gets one each time for her son's flat in Newcastle, which is only 25 miles away, so presumably in the same region??

Has anyone had a summary email from the 1st session saying how much they have saved?

Does anyone else see it on the app? I can only see any mention of free electricity when I log in on Chrome on PC or phone, not the app
TBH, I am asking as I like the fanboy initiative Octopus roled out a couple of years back, I also like this free power initiative but looking beyond that to a time when nodal pricing across the UK region saturation/demand/RE generation area dependent is fully deployed. I don't think we are quite there yet and I'm not into the who generated what and when. Although this made me think of it "Nodal".
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Fintray wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:19 pm Just looking at my emails and free power one came in at 14:41hrs. :D
Cool! I am still hoping for clarification as I like the idea of the grid evolving organically and hopefully projects going in at denser population points where demand is highest. I find this stuff fascinating. :ugeek:
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Email just received :)
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Greg Jackson has been tweeting a lot about the need for/benefits of regional pricing recently.
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richbee wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:04 pm Don't think the lack of email or otherwise is regional necessarily - I haven't had any emails since the first one, but my wife gets one each time for her son's flat in Newcastle, which is only 25 miles away, so presumably in the same region??

Has anyone had a summary email from the 1st session saying how much they have saved?

Does anyone else see it on the app? I can only see any mention of free electricity when I log in on Chrome on PC or phone, not the app
Isn't the app what you get on a [smart]phone? I use Firefox on a laptop to look at my account and Gmail emails come in via Thunderbird. I have been emailed about each one (that I know of) so far.
I thought they said that the notification would be within a week and the first one was last Thursday... payment (credit back to our accounts) at billing time, I think
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AE-NMidlands wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:13 pm
richbee wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:04 pm Don't think the lack of email or otherwise is regional necessarily - I haven't had any emails since the first one, but my wife gets one each time for her son's flat in Newcastle, which is only 25 miles away, so presumably in the same region??

Has anyone had a summary email from the 1st session saying how much they have saved?

Does anyone else see it on the app? I can only see any mention of free electricity when I log in on Chrome on PC or phone, not the app
Isn't the app what you get on a [smart]phone? I use Firefox on a laptop to look at my account and Gmail emails come in via Thunderbird. I have been emailed about each one (that I know of) so far.
I thought they said that the notification would be within a week and the first one was last Thursday... payment (credit back to our accounts) at billing time, I think
Notification of saving within 7 days, credit within 14 days
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Mail in to No1 & I. Makes me wonder though, why the delay in comms across the island? Anyone an idea?
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Email in for me this morning for today’s 1pm session.
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I turned off grid charge last night so there might be some empty space come 1pm. :xx:
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Mine's set to 100% for today's session and I've just dragged out a 3Kw log saw to cut some timber free for an hour, fingers crossed etc.

Forgot, dishwasher is going to run a bit late today for free as well.
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