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[–] jabjoe 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but night rate is worth it if you have a EV or house battery. 7p per kWh instead of the 29p per kWh of the day rate. Huge saving.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m on Octopus Agile. They were paying me to use electricity the other day

[–] jabjoe 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You got a house battery? If I had a largish house battery I'd certainly move to that and automate the battery use by electricity costs. ;-)

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup I have solar panels and a 5kWh battery. The panels don't do much in the winter, but the batteries have proved their worth with the tariff. I have a few other automations like the immersion heater coming on when prices go negative

[–] jabjoe 1 points 8 months ago

I did maths on a battery with my current tarrif, but agile probably means I should revisit. What I really want is a nice big second life EV battery.