Octopus energy company. Anyone use 'em?
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I'm reading on that Twitter that the Agile spike is expected to last 4 days, then it will return to more normal levels. Nuclear outages in France or summat, but galling that the current windier weather isn't mitigating that. Looks like we'll be burning lots of gas to generate, and it's that which is causing the spike. Which says to me that we, as a country, should get off gas asap, rather than there being any inherent problem with renewables.
Looking at the compare app, I'm still better off every day on Agile than Go this month. Probably won't be for the rest of this week, but I would imagine I'll still be in front over the whole month. So no need to panic. Yet.
Fortunately we'll be out of the house the next 4 evenings, and won't be cooking dinner in the peaks. So usage should be lower than normal to compensate.
Looking at the compare app, I'm still better off every day on Agile than Go this month. Probably won't be for the rest of this week, but I would imagine I'll still be in front over the whole month. So no need to panic. Yet.
Fortunately we'll be out of the house the next 4 evenings, and won't be cooking dinner in the peaks. So usage should be lower than normal to compensate.
Edited by Skodillac on Wednesday 11th December 08:53
Shaoxter said:
Yeah I'm glad I switched to Tomato a week ago, took 3 days and unexpectedly painless. I guess with smart meters you don't have to submit final meter readings etc.
finally jumped off the agile ship and rejoined intelligent go a few days ago. looks like a good move in the short term!dbryder said:
Just switched too from tracker, which was going up to 66p standing charge as I’m a year in. 42p on Tomato and 24p with the 5p hours too seems a no brainer. (Unless they go bust)
I'm very glad that I'm not having to deal with those Agile rates today. They're frightening. It wipes out all the savings on the cheaper / negative rates very quickly.Ive been on agile for a while now…….iv’e always been paying around 15-18 pence pkw. Per month on average…..last month it was 22p I suspect this month will go over the cap price but we are only low users so its not really a huge deal for us.
If your a heavy user then i suppose the current high prices are a big problem.
I suspect the cap will rise again.
Im sitting in the dark tonight ……and its moss off the roof for dinner…..
If your a heavy user then i suppose the current high prices are a big problem.
I suspect the cap will rise again.
Im sitting in the dark tonight ……and its moss off the roof for dinner…..
Skodillac said:
I'm reading on that Twitter that the Agile spike is expected to last 4 days, then it will return to more normal levels. Nuclear outages in France or summat, but galling that the current windier weather isn't mitigating that. Looks like we'll be burning lots of gas to generate, and it's that which is causing the spike. Which says to me that we, as a country, should get off gas asap, rather than there being any inherent problem with renewables.
What happened to energy companies buying the stuff a year in advance? (which was a handy excuse when the price of energy fell but reail prices didn't). This sounds more like day trading.Simpo Two said:
What happened to energy companies buying the stuff a year in advance? (which was a handy excuse when the price of energy fell but reail prices didn't). This sounds more like day trading.
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