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Octopus tariffs, which to choose?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:16 pm
by JohnW
Hi Guys I'm after some more advice or suggestions please.
My daily electricity usage is around 12 - 14kW in the autumn/winter and about 6 - 7kW in the summer. Overnight usage, 22:00 - 06:00 is 3kW, and don't have an EV.
I have about 18kW of usable battery storage and want to be able to charge from the grid at the cheapest price I can find. There seems to be a number of tariffs to choose from, any suggestions? And are the tariffs such as 'Agile' on a fixed term?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
John
Re: Octopus tariffs, which to choose?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:32 pm
by nowty
If you cant get yourself onto Go, many have without an EV, then good old E7 would be the way to go.
Re: Octopus tariffs, which to choose?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:43 pm
by AGT
I agree just switched to Octopus Go and had the first EV charge at 12:30 am Saturday morning.
28kWh consumed at 12 p per unit.
Dishwasher now put on at the same time at a third of the running cost too.
Re: Octopus tariffs, which to choose?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:32 pm
by JohnW
nowty wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:32 pm
If you cant get yourself onto Go, many have without an EV, then good old E7 would be the way to go.
Thanks Nowty, I'll try it and see what happens, it seems somewhat discriminatory to only allow those that can afford an EV to benefit from this tariff. The Agile tariff seems quite confusing and I would be interested to hear from anyone that's on it. I understand E7 rates have gone up sharply this winter.
Re: Octopus tariffs, which to choose?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:45 pm
by Yuff
JohnW wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:32 pm
nowty wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 3:32 pm
If you cant get yourself onto Go, many have without an EV, then good old E7 would be the way to go.
Thanks Nowty, I'll try it and see what happens, it seems somewhat discriminatory to only allow those that can afford an EV to benefit from this tariff. The Agile tariff seems quite confusing and I would be interested to hear from anyone that's on it. I understand E7 rates have gone up sharply this winter.
I went on to agile for a day when I switched in sep 2021, the cap (at that time was 35p) but the price all day was 35p and GO was 5/15 at that time, it was a no brainer to switch to GO.
octopus were great and switched me the same day when I said I realised I was on the wrong tariff.