Octopus Free Power Hours

[dan_b]

Epic fail

"You used 0.08kWh overall during the Free Electricity Session.
Based on your meter data from the previous few weeks, you normally use 0.14kWh at this time"

[richbee]

Epic fail

"You used 0.08kWh overall during the Free Electricity Session.
Based on your meter data from the previous few weeks, you normally use 0.14kWh at this time"

Oops!

[dan_b]

Yeah wish I hadn't asked them for my results now

[Yuff]

Credit from first session in account now.
still haven’t charged my use from July yet although they applied the credit for export when I nudged them earlier this month

[dan_b]

I wonder why there wasn't a power hour, or power hours today - there is so much renewables on the grid and of course a lower demand day being Bank Holiday Sunday that the wholesale price is negative pretty much all day - it's currently -£19.94/MWh?

[nowty]

I wonder why there wasn't a power hour, or power hours today - there is so much renewables on the grid and of course a lower demand day being Bank Holiday Sunday that the wholesale price is negative pretty much all day - it's currently -£19.94/MWh?

Its a rather peculiar day today, the wholesale price is indeed negative for most of the day. The difference seems to be we are hardly importing much and burning slightly more gas instead. I don't understand why a gas generator would want to burn gas on a day when its going to have to pay for suppliers to take their leccy.

[nowty]

Email just in from Octopus, we are on again tomorrow Sat 31st for another Free Power Hour from 1pm to 2pm.

[Joeboy]

Email just in from Octopus, we are on again tomorrow Sat 31st for another Free Power Hour from 1pm to 2pm.

Beat me by 2 minutes!

[dan_b]

That’s crazy - today has been a day of low wind and loads of gas - my daily variable tariff has been one of the highest since I started at 21.47p!

[Joeboy]

That’s crazy - today has been a day of low wind and loads of gas - my daily variable tariff has been one of the highest since I started at 21.47p!

Aye but... FREE POWER!!