Agile Octopus for tariff fun and games

I think we’ll have salad for tea

I’ve just added another monkey to my back. I’ve signed up for Agile Octopus. This is an energy pricing scheme that uses green energy which can change in price depending on the weather. I now really like the idea of strong winds...

The tariffs are set on a half hourly basis and you get them the day before. I’m keen to have a go with it because it would be nice to get paid for charging the car (if there is a lot more power than demand you can actually get prices to go negative). If I had a battery in the house and/or solar power it would be even more interesting.

We’ve been on it for a couple of days and it is quite fun. I’m not sure if we’ll be on it for ever, we’ll have to see what effect it has on the bills.