Jason

I received a lovely text from the DWP this morning informing me that my PIP benefit renewal process is about to start. What fun. What could possibly go wrong? Imagine their surprise when I tell them that despite miracles sometimes happening, I am in fact still disabled.
#me/cfs #chronic #fatigue

My understanding is we have an antiquated pricing system where the most expensive producer of grid energy is the thing that sets the price for all sources, which most of the time is gas. Other markets have moved away from this model. We have talked about it.

I have run out of things to do with all this free electricity. I saved £70 in May on agile (which I am glad I stuck with despite a serious wobble with the high prices over the winter) but there is a limit to how far I can push things! Not a bad problem to have though, compared to the alternative.

Agreed. I was shocked when that came up, it seemed to go against everything we were trying to set up with the cooperative schemes.

Oh, and despite the worry caused by insane prices on Octopus Agile back in January I decided to stay on the tariff and ended up saving money. Things have calmed down considerably, but that is why I am motivated to increase my available battery storage.

The main thing we have been doing is saving as much as we can to reduce our mortgage. Not exactly exciting but we managed to pay off two years of our 10% overpayment allowance and that reduced the monthly payment by just over £400 a month.

Still suffering from the Chronic fatigue syndrome so just getting used to that. Lots going on in my private life that is really, really positive but not the sort of thing you share on social media! 😜

Totally, and I am about to invest in a larger battery array. The solar production had been down on the same period the year before but March has been amazing.

It is the single outstanding payment left on my Whitelaw Brae investment that worries me, as it means I am not fully paid up and could lose the nearly £700 I had already paid over the past year. I decided to pay in 12 instalments, it was only the last one left and I would have been OK.

To be honest I am not worried about the investment as long as I get the energy payments through Octopus. I think the Derril Water co-op will still operate just not with Ripple as the management company. I am more upset about the impact on community based green investment as a whole.

Hi, thanks, I am still around I just went into severe lurking mode. I am doing really well, my mental health has improved a lot despite the world going completely bonkers. I had hit rock bottom just before Christmas and needed a reset.

I have popped back into the world of social media insanity to check up on this. I just saw the email from Sarah regarding Ripple ceasing to trade and I am absolutely gutted. Also I should have made one final payment on my Whitelaw Brae investment a few days ago that wasn't taken. Bugger

I don't think I can do this any more. We are being hurt for doing the right thing. The entire idea behind agile is we are rewarded for load shifting, avoiding energy during peak demand periods. For several hours overnight my 30 minute prices are higher than the SVT costs.

How can all the major charging networks be offering a few hours of 40% off plunge pricing tomorrow (according to the Octoverse app), but Agile is resolutely stuck hovering around the SVT?

I have largely withdrawn from social media because the constant attack mode of most content is exhausting. I cannot believe for instance there is any debate as to whether it was a nazi salute. It 100% was. I want to live in a world where the act is condemned. Not this world where it is applauded.

Please let tomorrow be sunny!!!

Is anyone able to see what tomorrows prices are in the Octopus app? There are no prices available for me after 11pm tonight. I won't know how to set up my battery charge schedule without the data.

That was written really badly! Essentially my panels have managed to generate more in December this year than they did last December, only the second month this year that they have generated more in 24 than in 23. I hope that makes more sense!

Well, we will all be up anyway!

I might bake a cake...

It is even better than that, 22:30 to 23:00 it is going to be -4.2 p/kWh. I will definitely be charging the car!

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Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time since exiting the cesspit that is Twitter, I give you the head slap gif! (This was a very regular post when I was still posting on Twitter.)

Never go full fool!

Sadly all my other stats of amount imported and exported wre utterly screwed up when the solar meter went loco earlier in the year. It took a few weeks to be replaced and by then all the data was beyond repair. It thinks I had a demand spike of 16MW during that period! My house would have blown up.

This month is only the second of the year where my 7 panels have generated 1 more kWh than they managed last December, with a whopping 42 kWh so far and still with two whole days to go yet. 2.583 MWh for the year, my first full year of data so next year we will see how that stacks up.

I have been out of action for a while with a nasty... actually, no, you don't want details of what I have had. Any news on the battery?

Here is my breakdown of savings since Feb.

I always knew that Agile was cheaper than the standard variable tariff, but until I was introduced to Octoprice I had no idea how much cheaper. Switching to the daily savings setting is also really good, it helped me get through those three days of silly prices as my average rate was still low.

Savings of Octoprice Tariffs Compared with Standard Varible | Octoprice An overview of how much you have saved after switching to your latest Octopus Tariff

How is everyone else doing with Agile savings for the year? With ten days to go I am currently on £631 saved just from Agile, not including energy generated by my solar panels and used or exported to the grid. To say I am happy is an understatement.

octopriceuk.vercel.app/savings

I will never understand why people eat turkey. The best thing about turkey is the sausagemeat stuffing that goes with it. Goose is our favourite Christmas dinner. It lasts for at best two good meals, and the goose fat is collected, rendered and used for amazing roasties for the rest of the year.

Octopus Agile Tariff Unit Rates for Today and Tomorrow | Octoprice Get the latest unit rates for gas and electicity on the Octopus Agile Tariff, with graphs showing the price trends and price differences all over UK.

Have you discovered the brilliant Octoprice app? It does all of the crunching for you. octopriceuk.vercel.app/agile - It has a savings page that compares what you have paid on agile to what you would have paid for the same amount of energy on the standard variable tariff.