which energy provider and tariff should I choose?

I have just had an 11 panel solar system with 5.2 kwh battery installed. I don't have an EV.

I'd like to find a tariff which which allows me to charge the battery cheaply overnight. Apart from the summer, I don't expect us to export much electricity (there are 6 of us at home).

Does anyone have a recommendation on an energy provider and tariff I should select? The low cost overnight tariffs I have seen appear to require you to own an EV. I don't think I can risk having a completely variable tariff.

Thanks

I was on octopus flux all summer but have just switched to go for the winter. Fully expect to be back on flux around Easter

naltsta
Do you have to have an EV to access Octopus Go?

I was on Octopus Agile over last winter and Flux during the summer as I export quite a lot late in the day. Now my export has dropped I was looking at going back to Agile for the winter. It has its risks and bad days but I use the Octopus R&D labs to automate charging of my battery overnight which keeps costs down.
As far as I know you need an EV for Go which I don't have so that isn't an option but I have seen a few people with EVs saying they are going move from Flux to Go for the winter.

27MayoRoad you have a relatively small battery (remember a 5.2 is only 80% depth of discharge, so 4.2kW in practice).

Unlikely you can support your daily house load on a single overnight charge, and as you say, solar figures will be much lower in winter.

So you want a tariff with a lower overnight rate but not the penalties of a too high daytime rate.
I therefore wouldn’t recommend Economy 7:
From To Import p/kW
00:00 00:30 35.37
00:30 07:30 14.84
07:30 00:00 35.37

With Octopus your choices are:

Flux
From To Import p/kW Export p/kW
00:00 02:00 27.93 16.93
02:00 05:00 16.76 5.76
05:00 16:00 27.93 16.93
16:00 19:00 39.1 28.1
19:00 00:00 27.93 16.93

Intelligent Flux
From To Import & Export p/kW
00:00 16:00 25.14
16:00 19:00 33.52
19:00 00:00 25.14

Standard variable 27.93
Agile. avg all-day 19.1. avg ex 4-7 16.9. peak avg 37.1
Tracker. avg 17.3. peak 22

Agile and tracker are cheaper as long as the energy market rates stay similar (which they are predicting to do), but need active management for charging and discharging and there is some risk.

Flux or intelligent flux is cheaper than standard variable assuming that your battery can see you through the 4-7pm peak.

All the above figures are from my region, Eastern, yours may vary slightly

Thanks everyone

27MayoRoad Supposed to but not enforced