The energy crisis

[Jaymoss]

It is normal. Calculations are instant. Sometimes the gas shows as pending till new values are issued. Bills are issued as soon as both calculations are made so you will get one soon

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

It is normal. Calculations are instant. Sometimes the gas shows as pending till new values are issued. Bills are issued as soon as both calculations are made so you will get one soon

But the payment will still be taken on my DD date based on whatever meter reading I pay before that?

Pretty confused over this.

And what's this spinning thingy game, is there a catch if I win something?

My Bulb account is still active.
Although I'm no longer with them, they still need to do my final bill.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

But the payment will still be taken on my DD date based on whatever meter reading I pay before that?

Pretty confused over this.

And what's this spinning thingy game, is there a catch if I win something?

Don't worry you'll never win anything on the 'spinning thingy game'

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

But the payment will still be taken on my DD date based on whatever meter reading I pay before that?

Pretty confused over this.

And what's this spinning thingy game, is there a catch if I win something?

yes
if you look Octopus will allow you to set your own DD date and amount but it should all match up with what it was before

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Originally Posted by Mr K

Don't worry you'll never win anything on the 'spinning thingy game'

you never know your luck hahaha

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Don't worry you'll never win anything on the 'spinning thingy game'

I've been with Octopus for 3 years and have done the spinning thingy every month and have never won.

Don't forget to spin the wheel for both gas and electricy accounts and get your consolation prize of silly errr I mean interesting QI titbits.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by joglynne

I've been with Octopus for 3 years and have done the spinning thingy every month and have never won.

Don't forget to spin the wheel for both gas and electricy accounts and get your consolation prize of silly errr I mean interesting QI titbits.

They said I could spin it again if I got a smart meter.......it's a big no from me! Lol

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss

yes
if you look Octopus will allow you to set your own DD date and amount but it should all match up with what it was before

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you never know your luck hahaha

Thx.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by Hugh

https://es.catapult.org.uk/project/w...-prescription/

I was going to say it be hard as its nigh impossible to get a GP appointment, but what you quoted sounds like they going to reach out.

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Regarding Octopus tracker, Seems Octopus are a little uncomfortable with the flood of interest in the tariff or they having to manually change people over, is now a 6 month waiting list, with 50 been processed a day.

[SnoopZ]

My Bulb statements are now available on my Octopus account.

After almost 8 months in our new house, Scottish Power’s new build team have finally woken up and opened us an account. I’m about to log in for the first time and see what we owe them. And as soon as I’ve paid it I’m transferring us to Octopus. No way am I staying with a company with customer service this awful.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Chris

After almost 8 months in our new house, Scottish Power’s new build team have finally woken up and opened us an account. I’m about to log in for the first time and see what we owe them. And as soon as I’ve paid it I’m transferring us to Octopus. No way am I staying with a company with customer service this awful.

You will be well set with Octopus. I called CS the other week and I could understand who answered and they were very helpful. If the cap rises in April I will jump on the tracker too

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

I was going to say it be hard as its nigh impossible to get a GP appointment, but what you quoted sounds like they going to reach out.

By the time it is all in place it will be warm again

Regarding Octopus tracker, Seems Octopus are a little uncomfortable with the flood of interest in the tariff or they having to manually change people over, is now a 6 month waiting list, with 50 been processed a day.

well that sucks and blows my plans. They are now saying you have to have a Smart Meter too which you did not have to before. Damn procrastinating. i was gonna call and switch Monday before the site changed

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

You will be well set with Octopus. I called CS the other week and I could understand who answered and they were very helpful. If the cap rises in April I will jump on the tracker too

They certainly couldn’t be worse. Scottish Power actively works to keep you off the phone lines, actively tries to prevent you talking to a human via web chat (they give you generic bot-generated answers and then close the chat - don’t even give you a chance to follow up) and when you do finally find your way in to the human-monitored section of the web chat you wait 15 minutes for someone offshore to read your issue and tell you they can’t help. Scottish Power is utterly dreadful.

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Does anyone know how Octopus manages solar panel payments? I thought there was a tariff with automatic export readings taken from a smart meter but they haven’t asked me about my panels during sign-up.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Chris

Does anyone know how Octopus manages solar panel payments? I thought there was a tariff with automatic export readings taken from a smart meter but they haven’t asked me about my panels during sign-up.

they posted this on Twitter this morning

https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/

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They also have this

https://octopus.energy/outgoing/

Thanks … I did eventually find the details for Outgoing though they don’t make it at all obvious during sign up that this is even an option. Not great for new build buyers who haven’t made a conscious decision to install solar panels and may not know what they need to do in order to benefit from them.

Anyway, I have signed up, and now I’m going through the rigmarole of the meters not being on the national database. No doubt this is something to do with the utter incompetence of Scottish Power, who with any luck I will be free of in a week’s time. I have sent photos of the meters to Octopus. Once the account is active I will action the switch to the Octopus Outgoing tariff and finally start getting paid for what I’m generating. Or at least, I’ll be ready to start getting paid once I have excess … at this time of year we have discovered it is best to time appliances like the dishwasher to operate from late morning to early afternoon and just use the solar power ourselves.

[Jaymoss]

Glad you are sorted