willy_eckerslyke

OK, I have now run the numbers on our downloaded Octopus data from mid summer when PV was installed to mid winter and simply doubled the answers to get figures for a year. For us Octopus Intelligent would be cheaper by around £150/yr, but when the better rate for solar export is factored in, Octopus Cosy is cheaper by around £450/year but 'your mileage may vary'. [Octopus pay 4.1p/kWh on Intelligent/GO and 15p/kWh on Cosy]. In order to enable some comparisons - we have a south facing PV array, and we use around 4500 kWh/yr and export around 6000 kWh/yr, work from home using around 6000 kWh/yr in the house, have a heat pump using around 8500 kWh/yr and an ev using around 4500 kWh/year. We do not have a battery or solar diverter. Hope this helps.

You do have to sign up for it. All the details are on the Octopus website.

Something that might change your thinking, if you have solar, is that Octopus will pay 15p/kWh for export on Cosy and only 4.1p/kWh on GO/Intelligent. For me this makes a big difference and means that Cosy would be cheaper than GO/Intelligent even though I have an EV. - I have solar + Heat Pump + EV.