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I’ve noticed we have more posts relating to electricity tariffs and setting up of EV home charging procedures and was wondering if there was enough interest to set up a permanent sticky.
There is a fair amount of money to be saved charging from home and getting the correct tariff could save more.
I don’t really have much expertise in the topic but I’ve noticed there are those who’ve been using a number of tariffs and actually change tarrif between summer and winter so there must be money to be saved for members to go to the bother.
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That was quick, I think it took Octopus 7-10 days to get meter reading. Hope all goes well tonightfor you, I will have to look out the window tonight and see how greener the night is. Green moon perhaps!
Yep, it sure was, I’m not complaining though.
This upcoming week. Friday (tonight), then Tuesday are greener nights for me.
I read that if you can hit 90%, you get Ā£3.50 worth.
I don’t need to charge every day, so as long as I’m not going to see family. I should be able to just charge on those nights.
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Wet are with Octopus Go EV rate, at present we are paying 8.5p kWh, this is going to change to 9p kWh, we export at 15p kWh, as from Marc 1st this drops to 12p, given transmission losses 9p is actually 10p kWh, and export at 12p allowing for transmission losses ia actually 11p kWh.
We are now at a point where there is little or no difference between charging up the PHEV on off peak or solar, I can see EV off peak slowly increasing and solar export slowly deceasing due to global market prices.
Australia due to solar generation at time electricity is actually free and charge for actually exporting solar energy.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
My Tarif come to an end 10th April, Octopus send me a link to renew now 9p off peak and just over 31p + for the next 12 months, I declined and will wait until April to see if the prices drop.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Just had a second email from octopus. Another property I own is on the standard rate tariff fixed by the government. The electricity rate will drop from 24 pence to 19 pence a kw on 1st April. I contacted them to ask why I am going to pay 34 pence a kw from 1st April at my home address.
They said intelligent octopus is not covered by the government tariffs and you get no discount. The benefit being 8 pence through the night.
Well that’s made my mind up. Getting rid of plug in Phev and changing to full hybrid.
If your eectricity use is near 50/50 between peak and offpeak hours a fixed rate of 19 pence kWh will work out cheaper than an average of 22 pence kWh for OI. The downside of an svr tariff is the price could shoot up in June compared to a 12 month fix.
WStarmer has said he will cap prices between now and June, but not seen anything offered by suppliers yet
Just had another thought. I think motability should make their customerĀ aware that if you opt for a plug in vehicle and use the cheap through the night your daytime use is not protected. If this war continues you could go up to 40 pence a kw. Any time there is a crisis you have no protection.
As I said before my electricity has jumped Ā£500.
I put a post on trustpilot about intelligent octopus not being on the government tariffs. Also saying about the standard tariff being 19 pence and intelligent octopus being 34 pence. I only gave them 1 star. Very rarely do they get 1 star. This morning I received a long winded email from the Octopus team trying to explain the 15 pence difference saying they have to hike the day rate to cover the new 9 pence night rate. Don’t think they are happy with the 1 star rating.
Our British Gas tariff is fixed till August this year, 24p and 12p for five hours on Sunday and occasional Green events when itās windy. The Sunday cheap rate is more than enough to charge the car for our usage. If prices rise considerably in August I think weāre definitely getting solar and a battery, probably cost about Ā£7k.
Just checked and British Gas are offering a fixed deal at 27.5p till June next year. They mustnāt think itās going to rise that much if they are offering that price. Iām half tempted to take a gamble and switch, Iāll pay more till August but will save if things get silly.
Could someone explain to an absolute EV novice (me) what would be the best setup starting from scratch.
For example, I know Motability will provide a home charger and since I’m currently on Octopus for my home supplier and am very happy with them so will Motability install a suitable charger which would work with my home supplier? Or are their better options?
Current car: Mini Countryman EV in very shiny black!
Previous car: MG HS Exclusive in nice shiny black.
I chose an EV last year. Through Motability I had a charger fitted. The installers will take you through the requirements .youāll be sending photos of your meter – itāll need to be a smart meter and fuse box. Also photos of your house & where youāll want the charger installed.
As the charger install is free itās a no brainier. Iām on a smart tariff with octopus and get cheap charging at night (reducing by 50% on 1st April).charging at home will only cost a few pounds. Public chargers are a different matter. Iāve no EV regrets and donāt missing filling up at these current prices. Car also drives better than an ice and is probably more reliable.
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Our British Gas tariff is fixed till August this year, 24p and 12p for five hours on Sunday and occasional Green events when itās windy. The Sunday cheap rate is more than enough to charge the car for our usage. If prices rise considerably in August I think weāre definitely getting solar and a battery, probably cost about Ā£7k. Just checked and British Gas are offering a fixed deal at 27.5p till June next year. They mustnāt think itās going to rise that much if they are offering that price. Iām half tempted to take a gamble and switch, Iāll pay more till August but will save if things get silly.
Cornwall insight are expecting a Ā£300+ jump in June, so wise to do the maths now.
Could someone explain to an absolute EV novice (me) what would be the best setup starting from scratch. For example, I know Motability will provide a home charger and since Iām currently on Octopus for my home supplier and am very happy with them so will Motability install a suitable charger which would work with my home supplier? Or are their better options?
Motability devolves the charger install to Ohme.
Ohme chargers are compatible with Octopus. Octopus fit Ohme chargers as well.
You should be contacted by Ohme within a week of ordering your EV. The email that Ohme sends you will contain a link for the charger installation.
Could someone explain to an absolute EV novice (me) what would be the best setup starting from scratch. For example, I know Motability will provide a home charger and since Iām currently on Octopus for my home supplier and am very happy with them so will Motability install a suitable charger which would work with my home supplier? Or are their better options?
There are much better Octopus compatible chargers than Ohme that cost as little as Ā£100 more to install , but you would bearing the full cost to have one installed, unless your in Scotland and with Bumblebee’s catchment area, then you would get a choice of any of the chargers they install through Motability.
Could someone explain to an absolute EV novice (me) what would be the best setup starting from scratch. For example, I know Motability will provide a home charger and since Iām currently on Octopus for my home supplier and am very happy with them so will Motability install a suitable charger which would work with my home supplier? Or are their better options?
There are much better Octopus compatible chargers than Ohme that cost as little as Ā£100 more to install , but you would bearing the full cost to have one installed, unless your in Scotland and with Bumblebeeās catchment area, then you would get a choice of any of the chargers they install through Motability.
Kezo I am in a bit of a strange position I have a perfectly reliable PodPoint 7kWh EV tethered charger, however, it is not compatible with Octopus Intelligent, even if I lease a octopus compatible EV vehicle ?
Ohme EV are I’m my opinion poor quality, do Mobility give yo a choice of a better EV charger if you pay the difference.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Kezo I am in a bit of a strange position I have a perfectly reliable PodPoint 7kWh EV tethered charger, however, it is not compatible with Octopus Intelligent, even if I lease a octopus compatible EV vehicle ? Ohme EV are Iām my opinion poor quality, do Mobility give yo a choice of a better EV charger if you pay the difference.
Some lease vehicles through Octopus include a free compatible charger and most likely their new Octopus Charge charger, which looks similar to the old BP Pulse chargers.
Depending on the vehicle, it could mean the vehicle is compatible, so your #PodPoint will work on IO.
I’m not aware of Motability offering other brands of chargers other than Ohme, unless you live in Scotland and lucky enough to have Bumblebee as the charge installer.
I thought you had Zappi ?
My Ohme charger isnāt controllable by octopus. I manually put the off peak charging times into the Ohme charger via the app, and it is set to only charge at those off peak times. It is simple to over ride if you need to charge at peak times. It is only a problem if you are on one of octopuses dynamic tariffs that reacts to real-time network usage and offers low rate rates directly in real time (you leave your car plugged in all the time and it charges when octopus offers a lower rate, which could be at any point).
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Just had the Octopus email, April 2026 IntelligentGo price dropping from 7p to 5.2p kWh
Would have been nice if I’d got the 3.49p that others have reported but no doubt due to regional differences, I’m in North East England.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Just had the Octopus email, April 2026 IntelligentGo price dropping from 7p to 5.2p kWh Would have been nice if Iād got the 3.49p that others have reported but no doubt due to regional differences, Iām in North East England.
How much is peak?
Gone down from 27.985p to 26.355p
But, daily standing charge is up from 58.212p to 61.518p
Annual usage is approx: 4,437 kWh, they reckon my yearly total should be Ā£1,018.41, about Ā£64 lower than the current rates.
Gas is fixed until June so that’ll be fun when I get the new rates for that!
No complaints, changing to an EV is savimg me around Ā£1200 – Ā£1500 a year compared to my previous petrol Ateca.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
When you click to fix your rate for the year with intelligent octopus you will see the rate jumps to 9 pence for off peak charging. I received the email for Octopus to say my rate was dropping but as soon as you try to fix your rate it jumps. It is really confusing for anybody not familiar with octopus and their pricing.
My Octopus Go tariff goes down 1st April, however my fixed tariff ends 10th April my new fixed 12 month Octopus Go tariff night rate reduced from 13.01p/kWh to 9.50p/kWh peak 35.53p/kWh to 32.02p/kWh so a big increase and standing charge an 5.5p/day increase, plus they reduced our export from 15p to 12p/kWh we are approximately Ā£165 per year or or Ā£13.75 a month worse off.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Just had the Octopus email, April 2026 IntelligentGo price dropping from 7p to 5.2p kWh Would have been nice if Iād got the 3.49p that others have reported but no doubt due to regional differences, Iām in North East England.
So much for a company, who claims they are 100% green. Neither wind nor sun raised or reduced their price for the last couple of million of years I would think.
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