Octopus energy company. Anyone use 'em?
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Byker28i said:
eein said:
Byker28i said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Condi said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Are we going to see really high gas prices now we have less than a week's gas reserve. I mean that's obviously ignoring the fact we still have gas coming in to the country and it is getting warmer from Sunday 
Centrica, the same company who run the UK's largest gas storage facility and are wanting government funding to bring more of it back into use? 
It's not "news". The UK has very little storage anyway, we rely much more on piped gas and LNG from abroad.
Overall the UK gas network has more pressure than it needs. It is mostly pressurised from the north sea, ie the original underground pressure. This is so high that they need to reduce the pressure, and interestingly that reduction is now performed in a way that captures the energy from the reduction and that energy is used to power all the gas stations you see around the country (typically where the gasometers used to be). So there's a bit of an irony that the gas grid infrastructure is fully powered by zero emission energy - the pressure reduction.
I had been looking to swap mum over to a better tariff, she only has electricity and is with EDF with a cheap rate over night.
It’s taken 3 weeks to find out the hours of the cheap rate, apparently it varies and it will be on your bill. It wasn’t.
Nor when I logged on there app.
I finally got a reply back yesterday, 00.30 to 07.30
Yet when I google it it shows 8 or 9pm start time.
It’s taken 3 weeks to find out the hours of the cheap rate, apparently it varies and it will be on your bill. It wasn’t.
Nor when I logged on there app.
I finally got a reply back yesterday, 00.30 to 07.30
Yet when I google it it shows 8 or 9pm start time.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
And near as damn it 18kwh! My highest was 3.92 if I exclude showers!
1 hour paid there is at least 4.5 hours for me or that 1 day paid for almost 4 full days for me and I'm heating 24x7
Last week was the highest usage by far, week before average gas use was 150kWh, before that just over 110kWh. 1 hour paid there is at least 4.5 hours for me or that 1 day paid for almost 4 full days for me and I'm heating 24x7
There is no issues for me, the house has a stupid amount of glazing which we love, and has usage this week I suspect will be down by 25% compared to last week.
The glazing brings so much extra light into the house 365 days a year, I'm quite comfortable taking a hit for the 1 week or so of really cold weather we get every year.
Edited by gangzoom on Monday 13th January 09:20
Trustmeimadoctor said:
as long as your warm and safe
Honestly last week the gas bill was the last thing on my mind, this is the 'brook' at the end of the garden!!!

This was the footpath at the end of the garden, how it normally looks and last week.....Looking at whats going in LA, the gas bill really is not even worth an afterthought, though clearly how much energy we all use directly contribute, but the reality is its all bit too late now (from the climate side).


I’m with Octopus and have fully functioning smart meters. In a week’s time though I’m collecting an EV which is compatible with Intelligent Octopus Go. How long should it take to switch over from my current tariff (the normal Flexible one) to IOG?
Then I’ll have to get an EV charger installed. AIUI, if the car is compatible with IOG, then I don’t need to use one of theirs which can control the charging schedule. So am tempted to call some local electricians to see if they can fit a basic 7kW unit more cheaply than the ~£800 Octopus want for their guys to do it. Is this a sensible plan of action? Basic chargers are available from Screwfix off the shelf, so not sure that I need a fancy-pants one from Octopus.
Then I’ll have to get an EV charger installed. AIUI, if the car is compatible with IOG, then I don’t need to use one of theirs which can control the charging schedule. So am tempted to call some local electricians to see if they can fit a basic 7kW unit more cheaply than the ~£800 Octopus want for their guys to do it. Is this a sensible plan of action? Basic chargers are available from Screwfix off the shelf, so not sure that I need a fancy-pants one from Octopus.
mikey_b said:
I’m with Octopus and have fully functioning smart meters. In a week’s time though I’m collecting an EV which is compatible with Intelligent Octopus Go. How long should it take to switch over from my current tariff (the normal Flexible one) to IOG?
Then I’ll have to get an EV charger installed. AIUI, if the car is compatible with IOG, then I don’t need to use one of theirs which can control the charging schedule. So am tempted to call some local electricians to see if they can fit a basic 7kW unit more cheaply than the ~£800 Octopus want for their guys to do it. Is this a sensible plan of action? Basic chargers are available from Screwfix off the shelf, so not sure that I need a fancy-pants one from Octopus.
You won't be able to switch to Intelligent Go until you've got a compatible car OR charger plugged in. Octopus do a check for comms with the charger or car as part of the switch via the app.Then I’ll have to get an EV charger installed. AIUI, if the car is compatible with IOG, then I don’t need to use one of theirs which can control the charging schedule. So am tempted to call some local electricians to see if they can fit a basic 7kW unit more cheaply than the ~£800 Octopus want for their guys to do it. Is this a sensible plan of action? Basic chargers are available from Screwfix off the shelf, so not sure that I need a fancy-pants one from Octopus.
It's worth getting a charger that's compatible with Octopus, just in case you change cars at some point, or the car manufacturer stops third party access.
If that happens, and you have got a non-comoatible charger, you'll get kicked off Intelligent Go and switched to Go.
You could switch now to Go, by saying you are using a random car with a granny charger, then switch to Intelligent Go once you've got the car and charger.
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