Can Switching Tariffs Save Money? Octoprice Analyses Your Octopus Energy Data

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Can Switching Tariffs Save Money? Octoprice Analyses Your Octopus Energy Data

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@jeanh9641 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Oliver. I would never have found that by myself.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, all credit to the hardworking developer of the tool though

@MikeGleesonazelectrics 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic tool! Thanks..

@ecoterrorist1402 3 ай бұрын

Nice Find

@terrymackenzie6784 3 ай бұрын

I've spent hours downloading that data and doing it myself 😢 I will give it a try later

@Jaw0lf 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant find, I am on Intelligent Ocopus Go and first Summer with the incresed 15p Export rate. My system is certainly behaving differently and it will be interesting to see how this compares.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

I could really do with that 15p export :) Maybe soon!

@neil-brenner 3 ай бұрын

What a brilliant tool, Thanks for the pointer, Oliver. BTW, can you do some frames for me to put my printouts into, too? An excellent video, as always.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

Haha I only got the one frame and I shall leave Tim’s face in it for now :)

@neil-brenner 3 ай бұрын

Are you going to the Everything Electric North show next week?

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

Nope, I just did the London one this year - North would be a massive trek for me!

@terrymackenzie6784 3 ай бұрын

That tool is pretty cool, I've been pulling the data of the API myself since I've been with Octopus and trying to do the same but this tool does it all for you. It doesn't give me the same answers as I'm getting but I guess that will be issues in my code.

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

It’s a very pretty looking tool too!

@geoffreycoan 3 ай бұрын

It's a great app/website, and worth highlighting that on ios you can create a bookmark link to it on the desktop so it looks and behaves just like any locally installed app. The tariff hopping is a great feature but unfortunately doesn't let you change your consumption profile through the year, eg overnight in winter you would probably charge your batteries if on a time of day tariff, but summer probably not. For me I'm not convinced about its figures, it suggests on the tariff hopper that Flux is slightly cheaper than Agile in the winter months, whereas on the tariff comparison it says that it's £200 more expensive which I think is correct, but anyway, great tool

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

In terms of its accuracy, it is spot on based on the data it has. However what the tariff comparison doesn't consider is that you would probably shift your usage pattern to align with the different tariffs in real life. And comparing with Agile is always going to be dodgy... it's just far too unpredictable! Still, I do agree it's a great tool for getting a rough idea of what could have happened

@geoffreycoan 3 ай бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech I think there is something wrong with the tariff hopping (which is in beta) for me as the winter Flux prices are very flow given my high ASHP consumption. The tariff comparison seems correct. Regardless its much easier to use than creating a spreadsheet 👍

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

Ah ok. Have you checked the meter data gap tool to see if there is data missing?

@gorringeman 11 күн бұрын

I can't see Tracker for my Gas on the Compare site, no plus symbol to add it either?

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 11 күн бұрын

I just looked myself and it's there for me, I've no idea why it isn't there for you sorry

@DavidBarker-fv1vg 3 ай бұрын

I just finished downloading data to do my own calculations (I’ve set my battery to simulate using Flux over the past week). Current tariff Agile import with fixed 15p export. My calculations: Flux better by £7 per week. IO Flux could be better by £12 per week (if it works nicely). Octoprice app: Flux better by £4 per week. IO Flux could be better by £14 per week (if it works nicely). Promptly popped over to my account and signed up to give IO Flux a go…fingers crossed!

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

Good luck! IOF seems a good fit for a lot of people at the moment. Check out Tim & Kat’s Green Walk and Gary Does Solar, they are both trying it out right now too

@serraios1989 Ай бұрын

How did the switch to IOFlux go?

@serraios1989 Ай бұрын

Thank you. How does the load shifting tool work?

@SpeakToTheGeekTech Ай бұрын

It just simulates what the cost would be if you moved a portion of your usage to a different time of day

@ecoterrorist1402 3 ай бұрын

just out of interest how much is that lite export in pence per kwh, as one of my customers is now about to change

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

8p/kWh on lite so if you can get Intelligent Octopus Go for 15p export then it’s well worth doing that

@ecoterrorist1402 3 ай бұрын

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech thanks for the heads up!

@rayroulstone3565 3 ай бұрын

Giving your API key is probabily not a good idea?

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

It's a matter of trust. You can always revoke the API key after you've tested it and generate a new one. But also, we're trusting that the web site doesn't store it and it's kept totally locally in your browser. The developer has even shared the source code so as you can confirm that if you wanted, even host your own version. At the end of the day, if you don't want to share the API key though don't use the service.

@norfolkmustard 3 ай бұрын

Nice. NB though that it's not showing accurate cost for IOG actual usage - it's only able to use the default rate periods in the day, it doesn't account for extra cheap rate hours you may have got on top of the 23:30-05:30 window

@SpeakToTheGeekTech 3 ай бұрын

Fair enough, that would mean the IOG values are even better than they appear in the tool then

@ians3328 3 ай бұрын

I little bit picky on what is a brilliant tool.