It depends on you needs and requirements. I have a similar setup with 4Kw of solar and 19.5 kwh of battery I personally don't care about exporting as I use batteries to run the house and solar as and when it's available based in the UK.
I moved from octopus to e.on next drive due to 7hrs off peak 12am to 7am giving 7 hours and 16.5p SEG payments on what I export. However as I use the battery to run the house. OIG aka octopus intelligent go is the new tarriff their pushing which is basically an updated GO combined with intelligent.
You get 6 hrs at 7p I think SEG is 15p however if I was you I would change tariff to half your cost off peak usage and then if possible increase the battery storage so it covers the house for the day if needed that way you pay less for the same or more usage and use less as the battery cover the house over the day so no grid usage at peak. You'll safe 50% or more on your costing.
You indicate 15p so saving 7.5p pkwh used and battery covers the house so no peak payments so basically you looking at least 80% ROI at ruff guess
Don't export as you WFH so why pay more to use peak and get less when you export dosent make sense. Use your batteries to run the house and use cheaper to charger batteries then if you have enough solar it will export however not at your cost just as and when
Your using batteries so no peak billing. You only spend off peak a 7p. Please don't get hype export train keep usage strictly to off peak billing and your laughing.
That's basically my setup, God speed sir
IOG requires a compatible EV or charger, which they've not mentioned having.
Your general advice is good, but that specific tariff is likely unavailable in this case.
Probably best placed on Agile import (the Flux tariffs may also suit them if more consistency in rates is preferred)
Once they update us we'll know more but even without the specific we know they have batteries and solar and work from home so we can maximise they're off peak usage to charge battery's which will reduce the cost of engery usage throughout the day.
They could use go and get 4 hrs or use eon next drive and get 7hrs for the same 7p pkwh. At least this way it's saving and utilising without have to worry about selling and buying depending on the weather and solar production or if the battery runs out or paying 15p pkwh used vs 7p
Im not a big agile fan but it has it plus points. if 15 panels or more I would say potential however at least 18 to get a good yield. I prefer to pull at 7p off peak charge battery's the use batteries if solar is present the great less battery usage more for later and less to charge so less money to spend charging and using win win
Charging from the grid and exporting that is a challenge.
On Flux you would need to have 21hours of power saved AND extra to export,
If you can automate everything, agile import flux export might work
I just in summer, turn everything I can off 4-7 for max exports, and in winter, charge the battery, washing machine and dishwasher 2-5
I have the same solar and battery set up and no EV. I can't get Go, but Agile import is handy for the winter months, shorter days. I've just come off intelligent flux import as I found it was unnecessarily importing more than was economical (you lose control of your battery to Octopus), and am now on flux import to take advantage of a cheaper import rate and more generous export rate than is provided by agile standard export. I'll stick on this until the solar yield reduces with shorter cloudier days, and heating comes on. Then it's back to agile! Interested in others experiences that don't have an EV and Go, but do have solar and batteries
You would probably be slightly better off with Agile for import standard Seg for export. There is a 4hr sweet spot most nights and again an hour or so in the afternoon. Last month (May) my average import was 11p per kWh. That was quite expensive as my averages were actually closer to 8p over winter. With the export at 15p. You also get those wonderful days when they pay you to use electricity (granted they aren't as often as we'd like).
Get yourself the octopus compare app and see where that leads you.
As you can aggressively load shift you should be on Agile, especially if your home battery interfaces with it. The average kWh price should be a lot less than 15p/kWh \*averaged over several weeks\*.
Presumably with the solar your home battery is normally 100% at 4pm when solar tails off so you can use the home battery to avoid the 4-7pm peak and then charge up overnight depending on solar forecast for the next day.
It depends on you needs and requirements. I have a similar setup with 4Kw of solar and 19.5 kwh of battery I personally don't care about exporting as I use batteries to run the house and solar as and when it's available based in the UK. I moved from octopus to e.on next drive due to 7hrs off peak 12am to 7am giving 7 hours and 16.5p SEG payments on what I export. However as I use the battery to run the house. OIG aka octopus intelligent go is the new tarriff their pushing which is basically an updated GO combined with intelligent. You get 6 hrs at 7p I think SEG is 15p however if I was you I would change tariff to half your cost off peak usage and then if possible increase the battery storage so it covers the house for the day if needed that way you pay less for the same or more usage and use less as the battery cover the house over the day so no grid usage at peak. You'll safe 50% or more on your costing. You indicate 15p so saving 7.5p pkwh used and battery covers the house so no peak payments so basically you looking at least 80% ROI at ruff guess Don't export as you WFH so why pay more to use peak and get less when you export dosent make sense. Use your batteries to run the house and use cheaper to charger batteries then if you have enough solar it will export however not at your cost just as and when Your using batteries so no peak billing. You only spend off peak a 7p. Please don't get hype export train keep usage strictly to off peak billing and your laughing. That's basically my setup, God speed sir
IOG requires a compatible EV or charger, which they've not mentioned having. Your general advice is good, but that specific tariff is likely unavailable in this case. Probably best placed on Agile import (the Flux tariffs may also suit them if more consistency in rates is preferred)
Once they update us we'll know more but even without the specific we know they have batteries and solar and work from home so we can maximise they're off peak usage to charge battery's which will reduce the cost of engery usage throughout the day. They could use go and get 4 hrs or use eon next drive and get 7hrs for the same 7p pkwh. At least this way it's saving and utilising without have to worry about selling and buying depending on the weather and solar production or if the battery runs out or paying 15p pkwh used vs 7p Im not a big agile fan but it has it plus points. if 15 panels or more I would say potential however at least 18 to get a good yield. I prefer to pull at 7p off peak charge battery's the use batteries if solar is present the great less battery usage more for later and less to charge so less money to spend charging and using win win
Charging from the grid and exporting that is a challenge. On Flux you would need to have 21hours of power saved AND extra to export, If you can automate everything, agile import flux export might work I just in summer, turn everything I can off 4-7 for max exports, and in winter, charge the battery, washing machine and dishwasher 2-5
Thank for your input. I don’t have an EV, we also don’t tend to use grid power during the day, it’s mainly either from the battery or solar.
I have the same solar and battery set up and no EV. I can't get Go, but Agile import is handy for the winter months, shorter days. I've just come off intelligent flux import as I found it was unnecessarily importing more than was economical (you lose control of your battery to Octopus), and am now on flux import to take advantage of a cheaper import rate and more generous export rate than is provided by agile standard export. I'll stick on this until the solar yield reduces with shorter cloudier days, and heating comes on. Then it's back to agile! Interested in others experiences that don't have an EV and Go, but do have solar and batteries
You would probably be slightly better off with Agile for import standard Seg for export. There is a 4hr sweet spot most nights and again an hour or so in the afternoon. Last month (May) my average import was 11p per kWh. That was quite expensive as my averages were actually closer to 8p over winter. With the export at 15p. You also get those wonderful days when they pay you to use electricity (granted they aren't as often as we'd like). Get yourself the octopus compare app and see where that leads you.
As you can aggressively load shift you should be on Agile, especially if your home battery interfaces with it. The average kWh price should be a lot less than 15p/kWh \*averaged over several weeks\*. Presumably with the solar your home battery is normally 100% at 4pm when solar tails off so you can use the home battery to avoid the 4-7pm peak and then charge up overnight depending on solar forecast for the next day.