Octopus energy company. Anyone use 'em?
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Skodillac said:
I know nobody can tell me accurately, I'm just trying to come to some figures which would indicate if there would possibly be a big difference/saving to be had. I don't think there is, it seems marginal, but Tomato might make my life easier in that I won't have to be getting fed up with the wife when she fires up the oven between 4 and 7pm.
This is a big part of the appeal for me. Agile was fun in the early days with regular negative and very low rates but they are very few and far between now. Even when the negative rates do put an appearance in, they're only for a penny or so. Even if you absolutely cane them, they are all undone by just an hour's use between 4-7pm.We eat dinner reasonably late but I usually have stuff on by 6pm so I'm often taking a big hit here. It will be nice not to have to worry about it.
Silverage said:
Skodillac said:
I know nobody can tell me accurately, I'm just trying to come to some figures which would indicate if there would possibly be a big difference/saving to be had. I don't think there is, it seems marginal, but Tomato might make my life easier in that I won't have to be getting fed up with the wife when she fires up the oven between 4 and 7pm.
This is a big part of the appeal for me. Agile was fun in the early days with regular negative and very low rates but they are very few and far between now. Even when the negative rates do put an appearance in, they're only for a penny or so. Even if you absolutely cane them, they are all undone by just an hour's use between 4-7pm.We eat dinner reasonably late but I usually have stuff on by 6pm so I'm often taking a big hit here. It will be nice not to have to worry about it.
Silverage said:
Skodillac said:
I know nobody can tell me accurately, I'm just trying to come to some figures which would indicate if there would possibly be a big difference/saving to be had. I don't think there is, it seems marginal, but Tomato might make my life easier in that I won't have to be getting fed up with the wife when she fires up the oven between 4 and 7pm.
This is a big part of the appeal for me. Agile was fun in the early days with regular negative and very low rates but they are very few and far between now. Even when the negative rates do put an appearance in, they're only for a penny or so. Even if you absolutely cane them, they are all undone by just an hour's use between 4-7pm.We eat dinner reasonably late but I usually have stuff on by 6pm so I'm often taking a big hit here. It will be nice not to have to worry about it.
Zoon said:
Silverage said:
Skodillac said:
I know nobody can tell me accurately, I'm just trying to come to some figures which would indicate if there would possibly be a big difference/saving to be had. I don't think there is, it seems marginal, but Tomato might make my life easier in that I won't have to be getting fed up with the wife when she fires up the oven between 4 and 7pm.
This is a big part of the appeal for me. Agile was fun in the early days with regular negative and very low rates but they are very few and far between now. Even when the negative rates do put an appearance in, they're only for a penny or so. Even if you absolutely cane them, they are all undone by just an hour's use between 4-7pm.We eat dinner reasonably late but I usually have stuff on by 6pm so I'm often taking a big hit here. It will be nice not to have to worry about it.
My Compare results:
Skodillac said:
Thanks, that's interesting. I have got the Compare app but am not a subscriber. Over the last month, it's telling me I'd have been £8.50 better off on Octopus Go than on Agile. I think that probably means I'd be a bit better off still on that Tomato tariff. What do you think, Zoon?
My Compare results:
Running my data against Octopus Go shows Tomato £26 a month cheaper.My Compare results:
For reference, I'm running most heavy load appliances and charging the car between 1-6AM.
Tomato Energy went live for me at midnight. They only do electric so I’m still with Octopus Tracker for gas.
I’ve changed my car charger to run between 01:00-06:00 every day. That will be a nice change from having to look at the Agile rates each day to ensure I wasn’t overpaying.
I was looking yesterday so see how to set my direct debit amount with Tomato. I finally realised that you don’t and they just bill you each month for whatever you use. That will be a nice change as well. Octopus DD reduced - I’ve got a £300 credit balance for just the gas to chip away at now. I might ask for a refund.
I’ve changed my car charger to run between 01:00-06:00 every day. That will be a nice change from having to look at the Agile rates each day to ensure I wasn’t overpaying.
I was looking yesterday so see how to set my direct debit amount with Tomato. I finally realised that you don’t and they just bill you each month for whatever you use. That will be a nice change as well. Octopus DD reduced - I’ve got a £300 credit balance for just the gas to chip away at now. I might ask for a refund.
RichB said:
Mikey G said:
Its a cheap day tomorrow too anyway, looks like I have to get up early to plug the PHEV in 
I'll just set mine to charge at that time via the mobile app and let it do its thing at the correct time. 
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