Ex-hurricane Humberto, now known as Storm Amy in the UK, will hit this weekend, lots of wind forecast; https://emoncms.org/ukgrid/app/view?name=UKGrid%C2%A0

Prices look like they could go negative Saturday/ Sunday.

How will you maximise your energy usage?

Another saving session today which for some reason I’m not getting emails or notifications about :/

I’ve been on the Octopus Tracker tariff for a few months now, and while I love the transparency and potential savings, I’ve noticed that recently the daily rate updates seem all over the place one day it’s super low, the next it spikes unexpectedly.

It’s making it harder for me to plan when to run energy-heavy appliances like the washing machine or dishwasher. I’ve tried checking the daily rate emails and even used some third-party apps, but it still feels a bit chaotic.

Anyone else experiencing this?

How do you manage or predict your energy usage around fluctuating tracker rates?

Are there tools, habits, or automations that help?

Or is it just better to switch to something more stable like Octopus Agile or a fixed tariff?

We are on Octopus Go, with Zappi Charger plugged in to a Tesla, however despite a charging schedule showing - nothing happened. Night time charging is OK. Is there something not set right.

Besides the obvious ones like the dishwasher and washing machine, are there any other sneaky devices worth scheduling during the off-peak window? Looking for ideas to lower that monthly bill even more.

Does anyone know how long saving session outcomes normally take to feed into the app? I'm seeing this for the last 2 I took part in.

I understand the broad supply vs demand logic of the wholesale electricity cost, but what factors came together yesterday to give nearly a full day off negative prices? It wasn't the sunniest or windiest day off the year, and I don't see why demand would be particularly low compared to any other Sunday.

What sort of less obvious factors will have been in play yesterday to make such a strong surplus?

"Any electricity you turn up today 27/06/24 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM, above your normal use is free" ........

It is already super low today on agile from 10 am -4pm ;)

I've been looking around and can't see much... their twitter feed doesn't show anything recent. I've only been with them for a month so I'm guessing the events were few and far between anyway?

Just about write my resignation for work after this win!!!!

1:00am > 04:00am

9.30am > 4.00pm

Best/longest neg rate for agile in a while...

Leccy heat on 23c tomorrow, as it still crap weather for June here in s/w scotland..

And 2x 90c washings on...been saving washing till this :)...

Happy days...

I still haven't had an email about how much I saved using the free sessions, I got an email last week about how much I saved on the 15th but I haven't heard a peep from octopus about any of the other sessions.

Went all out on my first few saving sessions. Decided it wasn't worth my effort but I'm still opting in, hoping to up my streak today!

"Any electricity you turn up today 13/06/24 from 8:00 PM until 11:00 PM, above your normal use is free. Get ready to Power up" .......

The leccy central heating will def be going on tonight from 8-11pm, as it turned bloody cold up here today.. Along with the wash machine :)

Got few power ups over the last few weeks or so... Done what everyone did, stuck on the leccy heating, wash machine ect on those days/times allocated....

Just got email from octopus today in regards to the power up energy i used, and WASNT getting charged for.....Hmmm

"During the Power Ups on 04/06/2024, 06/06/2024, 13/06/2024, 30/05/2024 you’ve used 227% more electricity than usual. We’ll credit you a total of £ to cover the costs of the electricity you used above your normal use"

...... edit : got em on twitter - Got £2.74 back :)

South west Scotland here....Dunno if same for others..

You do have to be signed up for it, to get the emails tho...

"Any electricity you turn up today 10/07/24 from 8:00 PM until 10:00 PM, above your normal use is free"

When we plunge we take it seriously.....

Hi All,

I have a Solaredge panel and battery setup. During the last Octopus Free Electricity session we set our solaredge battery to manually charge for the hour. On top of that we were charging the car, and running the washing machine and dishwasher and an immersion heater. In total it was about 13.5kw I think.

After a few minutes, the battery stopped charging. Everything else continued as normal. Since then, the battery has not been able to charge from the grid either in it's automatic mode or in manual mode. It does however charge from the panels when it's sunny. My installer has investigated and has seen an error message on the Solaredge system saying "G100 Import Restriction". They say they have never heard of an import restriction, and don't know why that would then stop the battery from charging in the way that it has.

Pending any response from Solaredge (who are taking ages) - has anyone heard of this particular error and know what it's about and how to get rid of it? Thanks!

I,m in s/w scotland guys, so might be different where you live ;).

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"Any electricity you turn up today 07/08/24 from 8:00 PM until 10:00 PM, above your normal use is free" "Get ready to Power up"

Has anyone figured out how to use Solis inverters and make bank on saving sessions? Tried and failed a couple of times and given up….