I have old style gas and electric meters but intend to change soon as the best deals are available to those with smart meters. There are a number of different catagory of electricity user, namely those with :- i) Smart meters ii) Electric vehicles (split into high and low mileage drivers, full BEV and plug in hybrid) iii) Home batteries iv) Home batteries with solar v) Home batteries, solar with Air Source Heat Pumps (although not so many in this catagory lol) There may be other criteria but all of the above will influence the best tariff for you, so when looking for the best tariff/supplier to use, giving as much of the above info as possible will help in the info we can give. @Tharg its great to see you back on the Forum.
Hello there, I’ve only just joined the forum and I saw this thread.
I’ve had an Id3 for nearly 3 years that’s soon to be replaced by an ID4 (we needed a bigger boot) and I started out with OVO. Since then we’ve had solar and a 9.5kw GivEnergy LFP battery installed by OVO and we’re now using their Charge Anytime at 7p per KW with a standard rate at about 21p per KW. I don’t use the solar to charge the car because they pay us 20p for every KW we export and we had to have a smart meter fitted in order for them to differentiate the electricity going to the car and electricity being used by the house. You can make a case to use Octopus but we’re more than happy with OVO’s deal. To each their own.
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