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downfield · 2025-02-12T10:50:19Z

I'm currently on Octo Agile but the high overnight prices seem to be persisting and I am researching other suppliers. Tomato seems to offer an attractive "Lifestyle" tariff which is 5p overnight for 7 hours plus 2 more cheap rates of 14p during the day, with 24p for the remainder. Does anyone have experience of this company?

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Old_Scientist

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02/03/2025 11:30 am

Posted by: @transparent

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"With the transmission pipeline currently oversubscribed at more than 560GW – three times what is
needed to meet Britain’s net zero goals – there is huge uncertainty around what substations need
building and where."

National Grid Electricity Transmission, Dec’24

Surely it is not beyond the capabilities of a government department to sit down with the relevant bodies to weed out the projects that are never going to get built, and then prioritise the rest in an order such that they do know what substations need building where and can make real progress towards rolling out that work at a national level. Or maybe I'm just an eternal optimist 😀

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05/11/2025 3:32 pm

Another supplier gone this year

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-protects-customers-tomato-energy

After Rebel Energy went earlier this year.

Both small suppliers.

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05/11/2025 3:38 pm

So the tomato has gone splat then? No surprise.

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05/11/2025 3:47 pm

@allyfish None indeed! I feel that such companies may be being set up to make ‘a quick buck’ and lack the necessary financial backing or expertise required. Far too many people are getting their fingers burnt and of course, each failure results in a further burden on all our bills via increases in standing charges to make up the shortfall. Ho-Hum… ☹️ Toodles.

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05/11/2025 4:22 pm

Posted by: @old_scientist

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Surely it is not beyond the capabilities of a government department to sit down with the relevant bodies to weed out the projects that are never going to get built, and then prioritise the rest in an order such that they do know what substations need building where and can make real progress towards rolling out that work at a national level. Or maybe I'm just an eternal optimist

We privatised electricity (back in the 80s I think) so the government doesn't have direct control so far as I am aware. Presumably with privatisation we also lost almost all public expertise to for-profit companies.

What goes around comes around.

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