01-07-2023, 14:07
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,347
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by joglynne
Our fixed duel fuel contract with Octopus ends at the beginning of September and I'm hoping prices may fall a tad lower before winter hits.
Not looking forward to the price hike we will face when our 2 year fix ends.
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I am offered a 12 month fixed with Octopus which is slightly more than I pay on my Flexible Tariff, so I'm sticking on that for now especially as it includes a £150 exit fee.
How does my current Tariff compare to your fixed, I know mine will cost far more?
Flexible Tariff
Electricity
Daily standing charge
42.01p
Unit rate
30.72p per kWh
Gas
Daily standing charge
27.47p
Unit rate
7.40p per kWh
12 month Fixed Tariff offered.
Electricity
Daily standing charge
42.01p
Unit rate
31.37p per kWh
Gas
Daily standing charge
27.47p
Unit rate
7.56 per kWh
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01-07-2023, 14:17
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#2282
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Just a Geek
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,634
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Big Snip
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My Rates are slightly different with Octopus
29.48p/kWh 48.66p/day leccy
7.38p/kWh 27.47p/day Gas
Offer
30.13p/kWh 48.66p/day leccy
7.54p/kWh 27.47p/day Gas
Sticking with Flexible as the Early Exit fees are way to high even to just move to a different Octopus Tariff later
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Last edited by Jaymoss; 01-07-2023 at 14:23.
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01-07-2023, 14:31
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#2283
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Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,476
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Re: The energy crisis
My fix from eON is about 5% less than their new variable rate. I took them up on it, since nobody expects energy prices to go anywhere fast and it gives me certainty.
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01-07-2023, 14:45
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#2284
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,347
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaymoss
My Rates are slightly different with Octopus
29.48p/kWh 48.66p/day leccy
7.38p/kWh 27.47p/day Gas
Offer
30.13p/kWh 48.66p/day leccy
7.54p/kWh 27.47p/day Gas
Sticking with Flexible as the Early Exit fees are way to high even to just move to a different Octopus Tariff later
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Why is your standing charge so much more?
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01-07-2023, 15:05
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#2285
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Just a Geek
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,634
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Why is your standing charge so much more?
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Different area innit
With my usage the lower unit rate covers the difference plus a few bits of a penny haha
in fact 7 units = over 9p difference between you and me haha so easy cover the day rate difference
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01-07-2023, 20:03
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#2286
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Born again teenager.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Manchester. (VM area 20)
Age: 75
Services: Maxit TV, M250 Fibre BB.
Phone-Anytime Chatter
Posts: 13,720
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ
I am offered a 12 month fixed with Octopus which is slightly more than I pay on my Flexible Tariff, so I'm sticking on that for now especially as it includes a £150 exit fee.
How does my current Tariff compare to your fixed, I know mine will cost far more?
Flexible Tariff
Electricity
Daily standing charge
42.01p
Unit rate
30.72p per kWh
Gas
Daily standing charge
27.47p
Unit rate
7.40p per kWh
12 month Fixed Tariff offered.
Electricity
Daily standing charge
42.01p
Unit rate
31.37p per kWh
Gas
Daily standing charge
27.47p
Unit rate
7.56 per kWh
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This ismy current fix with Octopus.
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01-07-2023, 20:16
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#2287
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Just a Geek
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 3,634
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by joglynne
This ismy current fix with Octopus.
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blooming heck you did so well. Saved a fortune
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01-07-2023, 20:29
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#2288
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,347
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by joglynne
This ismy current fix with Octopus.
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You got your timing perfect.
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01-07-2023, 22:49
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#2289
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cf.geek
Join Date: Sep 2022
Posts: 628
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Re: The energy crisis
Leccy tomorrow 8am-6pm , negative all the time up to -15p, All I can do is switch all lights on.....
Hovering, washing, mowing, emersion heater, washing, drying all done today.....with a miserable -2p leccy.
Agile Octopus.
My kids just told me :Southampton -19p/Kwh Bournemouth -24p/Kwh
Last edited by Ms NTL; 01-07-2023 at 22:59.
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01-07-2023, 22:52
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#2290
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Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,476
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms NTL
Leccy tomorrow 8am-6pm , negative all the time up to -15p, All I can do is switch all lights on.....
Hovering, washing, mowing, emersion heater, washing, drying all done today.....with a miserable -2p leccy.
Agile Octopus.
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I mean that's the whole point of the tariff. They wouldn't be paying you if they actually thought you could go crazy with it.
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01-07-2023, 23:15
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#2291
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cf.geek
Join Date: Sep 2022
Posts: 628
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by jfman
I mean that's the whole point of the tariff. They wouldn't be paying you if they actually thought you could go crazy with it.
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Indeed, that's the case....
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01-07-2023, 23:40
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#2292
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CF Resident Dog
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 14,347
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms NTL
Leccy tomorrow 8am-6pm , negative all the time up to -15p, All I can do is switch all lights on.....
Hovering, washing, mowing, emersion heater, washing, drying all done today.....with a miserable -2p leccy.
Agile Octopus.
My kids just told me :Southampton -19p/Kwh Bournemouth -24p/Kwh
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You're single handedly making me consider getting a smart meter installed.
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02-07-2023, 00:04
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#2293
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Architect of Ideas
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,476
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Re: The energy crisis
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
You're single handedly making me consider getting a smart meter installed.
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The real question isn't what they pay you in summer, when the sun is out and the wind is blowing. It's what they charge you in deepest darkest winter when the boiler is on 12 hours a day.
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02-07-2023, 09:57
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#2294
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cf.geek
Join Date: Sep 2022
Posts: 628
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by jfman
The real question isn't what they pay you in summer, when the sun is out and the wind is blowing. It's what they charge you in deepest darkest winter when the boiler is on 12 hours a day.
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The formula is public, Octopus charges market prices (attached).
Last winter, January onwards, there were over 50 LPG boats parked around Britain, (UK has no serious gas storage facilties) and as a result the gas prices were 5p on the Octopus Gas tracker.. (This was reported on some Octopus forums)
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02-07-2023, 10:09
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#2295
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cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 8,915
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Re: The energy crisis
Quote:
Originally Posted by SnoopZ
You're single handedly making me consider getting a smart meter installed.
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And making me more peeved about not having working ones.
I have mentioned before how we have had them for years but they never worked because they couldn't get a mobile signal. Anyway, EDF recently contacted us to say they wanted to replace them with the next generation meters to solve the problem. Yay.
Anyway, on Tuesday man comes out to do it. Took a look at our appliances, including 23-year old boiler, and warned we might not be able to relight it if he swaps the meter. He also said the new meter wasn't compatible with gas fires over 7kW (though I don't think ours is). Then we mentioned the mobile signal problem. He replied "in that case, these ones won't work either". And with that, he was gone.
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