Octopus vs EDF

[Dillsue]

I keep seeing ads for EDF advertising 7 hours off peak eleccy for 6.66p/unit on an EV tariff. Anyone know if that rate is a new deal or been around for a bit??

 

Octopus have just hiked our 5 hour off peak Go rate to 9.4p/unit and EDF offer a penny a unit more for export so a move seems an obvious thing to do?

[JohnMo]

I just changed to Octopus Agile export was on fixed before and the income so far is far greater, generally exporting battery at breakfast and tea time and get 20p+ per kWh.

 

Sorry no electric vehicles here, so not sure about import

[SteamyTea]

2 hours ago, Dillsue said:

EDF advertising 7 hours off peak eleccy for 6.66p/unit on an EV tariff

They are not offering me that on E7.

[Dillsue]

6 hours ago, JohnMo said:

I just changed to Octopus Agile export was on fixed before and the income so far is far greater, generally exporting battery at breakfast and tea time and get 20p+ per kWh.

 

Sorry no electric vehicles here, so not sure about import

The EV is the problem we have with agile as our charger isn't smart so we could end up charging at more expensive times. The wife isn't going to be tracking agile prices to know when to plug the car in!

 

A mate is using Sigenergy AI in tandem with agile in and out and reckons he's making £70/month. Not sure how good eleccy trading is for battery longevity?? Until I realised that AI and agile weren't compatible with our EV charger I looked at the Solis AI tool and that factored in battery degradation cost in deciding whether to carry out a charge/discharge trade.

[SteamyTea]

I wonder if there is an industry initiative to offer these low rates for BEV charging.  It may get some chargers installed and targets hit, but has nothing to do with actually owning a BEV or PHEV.

[JohnMo]

2 hours ago, Dillsue said:

EV is the problem we have with agile

Use something like Predbat it can manage both agile and car charging and your home battery - it works with Solis.

 

Have a look and see if your charger works with it.  They can also do other smart tariff that aren't octopus.

 

Can give you a referral code to get a month's use after a 2 week trial.

Edited 5 hours ago by JohnMo

[Dillsue]

The EV charger is integrated with a solaredge inverter which Predbat doesn't seem to list as compatible. The solis is just for the battery.

 

Even if I could automate the charger, I'm not sure agile would work for us as the only time the car is routinely plugged in is during the night which when I looked recently at agile rates seemed to be significantly more than the Go or EDF overnight rates.

[Dillsue]

3 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

I wonder if there is an industry initiative to offer these low rates for BEV charging.  It may get some chargers installed and targets hit, but has nothing to do with actually owning a BEV or PHEV.

More EVs equal more industry turnover so maybe the current cheap rates are a loss leader??