Intelligent Octopus Go

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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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nowty wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:32 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:59 am
Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:41 am Yep, that's how it works.

With car integration Octopus knows how charged your car is, however with charging point integration Octopus relies on you being honest...
On my octopus app the only device that is added is the Ohme charger. So erm... :whistle:

Edited... ;)
But I presume you will need to do the initial onboarding test charge so will need a mate with an EV to come round for half an hour. ;)
I've done the initial charge....we have an EV. It seemed to work as planned... £2 for 28kwh ish.

Think I'm good to go!


Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
And the 15p / kWh export that you can have with it. :mrgreen:
16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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nowty wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:25 pm
Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
And the 15p / kWh export that you can have with it. :mrgreen:
And the saving sessions and the power hours and everything else!

BTW when do we start predicting the saving sessions and rinsing in preparation?
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:29 pm
nowty wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:25 pm
Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm

I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
And the 15p / kWh export that you can have with it. :mrgreen:
And the saving sessions and the power hours and everything else!

BTW when do we start predicting the saving sessions and rinsing in preparation?
DFS (Saving Sessions) starts 1st Nov and will continue indefinitely all year round BUT no test sessions at all and no guaranteed premium payouts. Only live events and the payouts will likely be much leaner so I don’t see much point in pre-rinsing this year.

But stacking (multiple services) is now allowed which means that the commercial battery companies can also join in. I am hoping this means we are likely to have more live sessions and they will be more likely to be forecasted by us. Remember last year they did test sessions on stupid days and avoided the times they would have helped. This was because the commercial battery companies complained the test sessions were losing them income as they could not join the saving sessions and the test sessions depressed the market prices so they lost income on the marginal days.

Still will be worth it for us folk who can export but I suspect interest from Joe Public will likely wane.
16.9kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 25MWh generated
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105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm
nowty wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:32 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:59 am

On my octopus app the only device that is added is the Ohme charger. So erm... :whistle:

Edited... ;)
But I presume you will need to do the initial onboarding test charge so will need a mate with an EV to come round for half an hour. ;)
I've done the initial charge....we have an EV. It seemed to work as planned... £2 for 28kwh ish.

Think I'm good to go!


Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I remember thinking that mid January 2023 :xx:
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
You're telling me that I've had the EV for a year and stayed on the tracker tariff, thinking I'm the lucky one! :whako:
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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:34 pm
Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:37 pm Surely this won't last.... Will it? :shock:
I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
You're telling me that I've had the EV for a year and stayed on the tracker tariff, thinking I'm the lucky one! :whako:
What is your average on tracker? Many people (including me) average less than 8p/kWh (inc VAT) on IOG...

Tracker is for people who don't have solar or batteries or an EV.
12x 340W JA Solar panels (4.08kWp)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger

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Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

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Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:40 pm
Richard77 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:34 pm
Stinsy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:55 pm

I think we're all agreed that IOG is a bit silly. There is no need for it to be so generous and so easy to "game". Not that I'm complaining. And you are far from the first person to proclaim that it cannot last. But here we are 3-years in and it is still going!
You're telling me that I've had the EV for a year and stayed on the tracker tariff, thinking I'm the lucky one! :whako:
What is your average on tracker? Many people (including me) average less than 8p/kWh (inc VAT) on IOG...

Tracker is for people who don't have solar or batteries or an EV.
I was just happy to be on less than the standard variable rate.

There were quite a few days around 12/14p last year... So I was happy with that. As we use quite a lot of electricity at all times during the day, I thought it wouldn't be worthwhile getting the cheap off peak rate, as our usage during the day would all be at ~27p.

It is usually around 20-24p/kWh now so i thought I might as well get IOG and it should work out cheaper. Currently got batteries on order and looking at getting solar, so was going to go on IOG anyways when all that was installed.

I think over the year or so I was on the tracker it averaged around 16-18p/kWh.
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I've just checked a few bills and it was generally around the 15p/kWh each month on tracker tariff.
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