Octopus tracker

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^We were moved to Octopus from Shell, and the Octopus website is so muddled compared to Shell’s, which was clear and informative.^

Same here Maggiemaybe, glad it's not just me that finds it all very irritating!

We have all crashed it today and you can’t change tariffs at the moment.

I also find it a difficult site

This was a job I am to do this week. Following with interest but I was going to change to a fixed tariff, forgot about the tracker.

I’m a bit of a wuss. I like a fixed rate really.

I’ve just looked on the Martin Lewis website and he reckons it could be substantially cheaper to switch , although things could change 🤪 No wiser .

According to our last bill we’re paying 5.73p and 5.19p/kWh for gas, and 22.74p and 20.21p/kWh for electricity. I’ve no idea why there are two prices for each - this is just what they put us on when Shell dumped us.

But the tracker price cap prices look scarily high in comparison.

I’ve just checked our account. We aren’t being offered a fixed price tariff. There was a smart tariff that I was quickly told I wasn’t eligible for when I answered the survey question (I’m obviously not smart enough ), and the only other possibility for us was the tracker. I don’t like the sound of this so I’ll pass:

Tracker features Price Cap Protect, which caps the maximum daily price at 100p / kWh for electricity and 30p / kWh for gas. That's a lot higher than Ofgem's energy price cap, so if you can't afford prices to go that high during peaks, you're probably better off sticking with a protected tariff such as Flexible Octopus.

I noticed the daily standing charge on the Octopus Tracker seems to be increased….but I need to put more time in looking at it…

We were moved to Octopus from Shell, and the Octopus website is so muddled compared to Shell’s, which was clear and informative.

Same here Maggiemaybe, glad it's not just me that finds it all very irritating!

Thank you. I’m glad I’m not alone in being confused. Also I’m not sure if we’ll need a smart meter before we’re allowed to change tariff.
I’ve just said to DH who is also clueless that it was so much easier years ago when you just took your quarterly bill along and paid in the gas board office.
It seems to take me ages now looking for better deals and trying to get my bills cheaper.

I am with Octopus and recently signed up for a 12 month fixed

I am with Octopus and have thought about it but I need more information. Does it mean if I switch on my washing machine at 10 pm it will be cheaper to do that at 6 pm? Confused.com

I have just got two nice surprises, I have been given a refund of £100 by British Gas and a refund of £90 by E-on next all because my direct debits weree a little too high.

Oh dear, I guess I’d better steel myself and have a look at it. We were moved to Octopus from Shell, and the Octopus website is so muddled compared to Shell’s, which was clear and informative. I just nip on now every month to see what they’ve charged us and what our balance is.

Me too! Forgot about the energy company!

Haha I thought you were talking about those tracker bracelets that you can buy to track a turtle or shark or ( octopus)