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Cosy tariff is more like 14p, at least in the South East region. Intelligent Octopus Go is around 7p, please do check.
@pauli Have you considered an Air to Air HP, looks like they are part of the BUS grant after the budget. Albeit, the grant is less than £7500. But, t...
@eliuccio What size batteries do you have? If you restrict battery discharge SOC to 30%, won't you be using from the grid at peak rates if you reach 3...
@editor When I check in Octopus website, it says Octopus Flux is temporarily unavailable. I wonder if you call whether it's still available, but at le...
@batpred You are correct, for new customers. If I switch to Flux in April, when I want to switch back to Go in October, the rates I get might be diffe...
Due to the ongoing geopolitical events, looks like Octopus Go has increased to 9.5 p per kWh and Intelligent Octopus Go to 8 p per kWh (off-peak) for ...
@toodles @skd Then there is not going to be much from this rate cut for renewable technology owners, looks like it. If the peak rates reduce by 10% we...
Interestingly, personally our rates are still 8.5p. I wonder whether the Go and IOG rates mentioned on the website are only for new customers. I assum...
@bash Looks like Intelligent Octopus Go and Go rates are going up for my region. It's going up to 7.5p and 9p per kWh respectively. I saw a YT video s...
@skd That's good to know. Probably that would apply for Octopus Go as well. This would have a positive impact on heat pump owners, as our battery is m...
@toodles Looks like it, and more reasons why I want to stay with Octopus.
I received this too. I was expecting this to be a lot worse and more like 8 pence. So, at this 12 p rate, it might be still worth charging the batteri...
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