2 apps are worth buying.
Octopus compare - one of the better ones for comparing different tariffs with your actual usage.
Octopus watch - I like this to make sure your smart meter is working as all smart tariffs simply fall over when the data is not being captured.
Tariffs:
Go & intelligent if you have an EV and charge it at home regularly, these have poor export rates but you’ll never be a net exporter.
Agile, it’s been really good since the start of the year but the price guarantee ended in July so peak has been 40p+ (obviously not a major problem with batteries). It might be good over the winter but it relies on gas prices
The automatic GivEnergy integration with agile isn’t fit for purpose, the prices are too volatile (tomorrow is 1p -30p range). When I was on agile I set the charge times for roughly 4 hours at the cheapest rate on the evening for the next day.
If you import less than you export flux can be useful if you have an export account. You can set the battery to charge to 100% 2am -5am and then forget about anything - your battery remains at 100% through the day and all solar gets exported. 20p import and export or you can manually force discharge during the afternoon peak to make another £150-200 per year.
Octopus launched a new tariff for us last week..
intelligent Flux. Hand over control to octopus and get higher rates for exports (import is also more expensive so it means you have to be a bigger exporter but it’s really so they can use out barriers to instantly boost the grid when needed).
