That’s interesting, I was on Agile prior to energy crisis and switched as the prices went through the roof. I have just checked and the rates for the last month at least are generally better and longer periods of off peak that would certainly suit me better as I have battery storage, solar and 2 EVs.
But for me it looks like it would suit my needs better, I am retired, I have solar, ASHP and battery storage. I can easily avoid that 4-8pm peak period using the battery alone. Come summer months I use no peak rate electricity at all.
I don’t have to charge every day, perhaps each car once a week so I will never have to charge a car at expensive rates. If I were that desperate for a charge I could use a public charger. My main issue with higher rates is making sure I have enough battery capacity to see me through and do intend expanding by system by adding another slave.
Yes, I have already switched to Agile and I compared the prices for the last month and would have saved 9 days out of 10, one day as much as £10. My grid electricity use only goes high between October - February as I use way more electricity with the heat pump than either car. I can control the heating from anywhere through its app and get the house up to ambient temperature before any price spikes. As for the cars I can charge them as and when the tariff price drops even if it’s only for an hour or two. I’ve been with Octopus for almost 5 years and was previously on the Agile tariff for the best part of 2 of those years. The rest of the time it was Go which was good when the peak rate was low and off peak at 5p but then things changed. Laterally I have been on IO but I have had issues with it connecting to then not be able to connect at all.
This is probably due to the way your system was installed. If both the battery and the charger are wired to the same consumer unit the battery will see the charger as house load. The way to cure this is to get the supply to the charger to come after the meter but before the grid CT clamp and the existing consumer unit so the battery then does not see the power going to the charger. Your installer will probably need to add another small consumer unit for the charger. The other way to solve this at the planning stage is to use a battery and charger that will talk to each other. The Myenergi Libbi and Zappi work fine together and I would expect the Tesla powerwall to do the same with their charger. Givenergy have also recently launched a charger but I’m not aware of how it integrates.
You are more likely to win the EuroMillions than MG allowing access to their API.
If you are already on IOG then just set the schedule on the Ismart app for the MG4.
Yeah, but problem with that is the IOG schedule is dynamic. It often changes many hours after it's set.
This is the same as us. We got a standard MG4 last September then in December picked up a wee SEAT Mii electric with stupudly low mileage for less than half what it would have cost to buy new. That was the good bit. Then came the bad.
