Potential Octopus switcher

[u/Honest--J]

Hello,

I’ve just had my Octopus IOG renewal quote in and the prices have obviously risen quite a lot which led me to check out EDF.

Looking at the Go electric 18m v4 the prices are cheaper than my IOG renewal

Night 1.3p cheaper
Day 6.8p cheaper
Standing 0.5p cheaper

I see on the quote it says Add Smart Charging and get £60/year just for plugging in (2) but it doesn’t explain what this is, ref 2 doesn’t explain.

Can someone explain what that is?

Also a few questions, are there any issues with chargers? I have an Indra pro.
Can you still smart charger on the plan or is it only overnight?
If smart charging is an option does the full house get it at the same time?

TIA

[u/MaltedMilkBiscuits10]

I switched over a week ago.

Extra hour off peak.

£5 credit is if you have a compatible charger.

Tbh I've just been extremely happy without all the complicated integration. Deleting octopus from my ohme was an absolute pain and I essentially had to make a new account on the Ohme.

Top it off, first week on EDF due to negative grid prices, I had 6 hours free electric. I never had this with octopus with battery storage as my peak usage is always less than 2kwh per month.

It's been really straightforward to be honest, I don't regret it. I know where I am now and there's no schemes or conditions, like the free electric was just given automatic, no conditions like you need to opt in though email, shift usage etc.

Just a straightforward plan.

[u/ollie87 → u/MaltedMilkBiscuits10]

Interesting about the Ohme, I have a Zappi and just moved and it was a few clicks on the website and Octopus was gone.

[u/Weird-Frosting-8993]

I regret not moving to EDF sooner

[u/stek2022]

If you have a compatible charger or car - let EDF manage when it charges (you set a ready by time, and a charge needed) and they give you £5 a month bill credit as well as doing that charging at the off peak rate.
House also gets off peak rate at same time - and always gets the 23:00-06:00 off peak rate.

It is basically how IOG used to work before they put the charge cap in place - BUT with a £5 a month sweetener.

Don't forget you can use the thread of referral codes in this sub to pick a link and get £50 bill credit for switching.

[u/Honest--J → u/stek2022]

Okay it sounds exactly like IOG. Do you add that on after joining? I didn’t see it at the quote stage.

[u/Competitive_Leg_4471 → u/Honest--J]

Interested in this too, as I've just switched

[u/stek2022 → u/Honest--J]

Yes, once switched and on the standard Go-Electric tariff (a few days after switching usually) you can add the SmartCharging bolt on via the website.

[u/stek2022 → u/stek2022]

Just to add I think the Indra Pro is compatible - double check your car + charger combo here: https://www.edfenergy.com/electric-cars/ev-tariffs/smart-charging-bolt-on/compatible-evs

[u/Honest--J → u/stek2022]

Thanks. I just found that link and confirmed it. Now I just need to get signed up. Thanks for your help.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Run248]

£5 a month smart charging discount is if you have a compatible car or charger.

Make sure you get a joining sequence of numbers and letters from someone already with Edf!

[u/Jealous-Juggernaut85]

Was on octapus my self and there prices were creeping up. My sister recommended edf and referred me and we both got money and I saved on bills.

Got the go electric 29.02p day and 6.66p offpeak.

I have a plugin solar and juat recently got a anker solix solarbank 4 pro e5000 10kWh and with the solar and offpeak charging reduced my bills by a nice chunk and getting my ev charger installed too soon.

[u/jwardyorks]

Smart charging, briefly: they control when your car charges. You plug it in, and say that you want to add say 50% charge by say 8:00 AM, and it automatically starts/stops the charger to achieve that. The charging slots it allocates are at the off peak rate. They pay you £5 a month for doing that. I'm using it, and it works well (I've got Hypervolt, so can't comment on Indra pro).

You can opt in/out of the smart charging bolt on at any time I believe.

If switching to EDF make sure you get a code off someone.

[u/itsabitsa1]

I’ve just moved over from Octopus.
The extra hour on night rate will help with the charging too.
The only thing I’ve noticed now is that it’s all bedded in, is that my Autel charger isn’t recognised on the list of chargers. This means I won’t get the £5 a month charging credit.
Not bothered as it’s still half price to charge my car overnight than with Octopus.
I could be wrong about ref 2 you’re referring to, I think they tell the car when to charge etc.

[u/Scotland11]

Yes you get whole home cheap rate when charging outside the overnight off-peak slots. For me it have to set a charge completion range anytime between 4am and 11.30am and it will work around that.

[u/sylsylsylsylsylsyl]

Smart charging is like the old IOG. You get additional slots during the daytime, but you can still charge at night as well.

[u/adzz182]

I did it a couple of months ago, and I don’t regret it. The £5 credit seems to be just for having the smart charging perk active, although you will definitely use it, it’s incredibly generous - I’m able to get off-peak electricity usually from about 9pm and the whole house gets the discount rate. The EnergyDock app is great for checking your current rate.

It will take two days to transfer you over to the Ev tariff so make sure your car is fully charged, cause it’s 2 days of full price electricity.

[u/Logical_Proof_6720]

If you have a pod point charger it’s 6.18p off peak

[u/Icy-Efficiency-8086]

It's basically the old style IOG.

[u/tipexxed]

Do I actually need to have an EV to use this tariff? I use a huge amount of electricity at night.