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That's an interesting theory that it only affects previous Octopus Go tariff users. Evidently, it is the case for me. Any non-Octopus customers fancy ...
Indeed, for any future readers, UTC matches the 'clock' time during winter, my EDF off-peak period is 12am-5am in winter and 1am-6am in summer. Theref...
@transparent Alas, the settlement is not in any direct addition to overcharging reimbursement. It probably splits along the lines of a £120 settlement...
I received the outcome of the complaint with the Energy Ombudsman today. The investigator agreed there were billing discrepancies on the account tha...
@david999 I have 14kWh of battery capacity, I initially limited it to 85% charge and 15% discharge as to minimise 'wear'. I think this is sensible for...
I don't quite follow your description but in my case I have the CT around my main incoming supply. I only charge my EV during off peak hours (e.g. 1am...
It seems someone else stumbled upon the same issue earlier this year too here, albeit it's not clear if it affected their billing.
I have provided them with a link to this discussion and suggested that they may wish to escalate to Ofgem.
When I was with Octopus their billing data correlated 1:1 with the half-hourly UTC '30 Minute Interval Reads' shown in my "meter stuff" spreadsheet. I...
@derek-m Indeed! Not to mention washing machines/dishwashers, 99% of which most certainly don't have smart meter random offset scheduling integration ...
I feel bad for those poor suckers at the long tail of the random offset graph, potentially getting charged a full 30 minutes of peak rate during what ...
EDF provided me with this in the course of our interaction: I've no idea how Octopus works things (or doesn't, certainly they say your IHD will n...
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