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The ‘Warm Homes Plan’ was subsequently published in January 2026, which included details of the government’s aim to achieve 450,000 heat pump installa...
My guess is that if you do nothing, Octopus will continue to pay you at the Flux export rates (for now). My concern would be that at some point down...
I think that's how it should be, but the guy I spoke to had no idea how to do that, so just advised me to apply online (sigh).
@papahuhu I've spoken with Octopus this morning about switching the export tariff, and the guy wasn't aware of any process they can do their end to sw...
Switch to Cosy 12 month fixed initiated - just waiting for my email to accept. We are similar - PVGIS predicted generation of 420kWh for October, wh...
Checking my notes from last year when switching from IOF back to Cosy, I noted, like you, that the switch to Cosy for import happened very quickly. I ...
Answering my own question, from Octopus' Cosy page: We offer both flexible and fixed versions of Cosy. If you choose the fixed version, your price...
It's only electricity, and as such I would suggest it's not a heating-related policy as the vast majority of the UK do not heat with electric. I see i...
Correct, it's only on electricity bills (not gas), and initially is from October for the retainer of the tax year. I am guessing we will all be watchi...
Yes, makes sense. You've got me worried now! Are you sure there is no exit fee for the fix?
There used to be an exit fee last year for the 12 month fix. Energy companies are predicting ~13% increase whereas Cornwall Insight are predicting ~...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
To my eyes, sat behind all of this is a basic policy ma...
By Temperature_Gradient , 3 hours ago
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Thank you @majordennisbloodnok – that means a lot, part...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
That calculation is reasonable, output is proportional ...
By JamesPa , 9 hours ago
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
Have you looked at the Nibe website? They list their ap...
By Lizzie , 10 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
A not unreasonable position and it wouldn’t be mandator...
By AndrewJ , 10 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@batpred When the raw material input has increased in c...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if ...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
@ian-s I would encourage you to have a conversation ...
By Rob of York , 2 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
Thanks @jamespa The last hard to fix draughts in the...
By springswood , 2 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the i...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, the...
By bobflux , 3 days ago
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
@jamespa Absolutely. Even if the same mistake was mad...
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