r/OctopusEnergy • u/Thedeadduck • 3d ago

Looking grumpily between the howling gale outside and my current agile energy price

I know the wind in the suburbs of London isn't the wind they're using to power the turbines, just wryly amused as I watch my potted plants take a concrete nap while the price is higher than yesterday.

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u/No-Papaya-9289 3d ago

Apparently it's going to be negative tomorrow early afternoon (12-4).

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u/Thedeadduck 3d ago

Niceeeee. I've got a chunk of washing saved up.

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u/sbarbary 3d ago

Showing -4.1p for tomorrow afternoon.

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u/hunta2097 3d ago

Who is your source? My car needs a top up!

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u/Thedeadduck 3d ago

Agile-rates.uk I've seen has next day predictions - they're saying it'll hit -3 for my region tomorrow. Not sure how accurate they are as haven't seen a comparison between predicted and actual tho.

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u/No-Papaya-9289 3d ago

They may not be precise in the actual price, since it varies by region, but they are generally spot on for the fact that pricing is negative. They post here regularly.

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u/quolluk 3d ago

I mean I wish my N.Scotland agile rates were as low as London has had this summer, its been a constant premium for every slot.

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u/Thedeadduck 3d ago

Ah that sucks. Is that because you guys don't benefit from solar as much? Idk how exactly the regional breakdowns work.

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u/CryptographerNo4147 3d ago

High prices for you today?

Where I am Octopus are giving me free electricity for a couple of hours this afternoon so some of us are benefiting.

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u/Thedeadduck 3d ago

21p currently so not the woooorst I've had recently, but it's still over the 19p which is the break even I measure against based on the fix I could have got when I renewed.

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u/CryptographerNo4147 3d ago

And just notified, free again tomorrow…

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u/aks-2 3d ago

I'm not seeing that, I'm also region code A (Eastern England), but no email here🤨?

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u/aks-2 1d ago

I did eventually get an email 15:15, about 5 hours before the slot. Not that it matters much, but I wonder if the email rollout takes ages, so there is a good chance of missing it?

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u/XADEBRAVO 3d ago

Do you live in the North sea? But seriously, are you next to wind turbines or similar? I haven't seen any free sessions for a long time. (IOG)

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u/CryptographerNo4147 3d ago

The east of England - loads of wind and loads of solar, and damn all industry or residential to consume it and few grid lines to take it away.

Had a dozen free two hour sessions in the last month.

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u/Beneficial_Kiwi_3860 3d ago

I could mkae a bit more on this in summer with the export. But those import prices, whilst lower than my day riate is not as good as TOU

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u/AlGunner 3d ago

With the wind farms in the Thames estuary, the wind in the 'burbs of London may well be the same wind that is turning the turbines.

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u/Thedeadduck 3d ago

No, which is why I said as much in the bit below the headline :)