I'm expecting to get a Niro EV... soonish (delayed twice so far, sigh), lease from Octopus EV. Part of the deal is Ohme Home Pro charger, which I'm expecting to have installed tomorrow. Obviously they also push Intelligent Octopus (with a £75 initial credit).
It looks like the IO tariff has just changed, down from 10p/kWh in the off-peak period to 7.5p/Kwh. Off-peak period is 6 hours, 11.30 pm to 5.30 am.
I'm currently on OVO, who offer "Charge Anytime"; which works via yet another f'ing app, to record charging the car, and give a credit on the next bill so that the effective cost for all charging is 10p per kWh.
The tariff difference looks considerable, but since they were the same a month or two ago, I'm guessing Ovo are likely to reduce theirs as well, unless some more knowledgeable corrects me.
The day tariff on IO is quite a bit higher than the standard tariff on Ovo, but I suppose that evens out somewhat overnight (just fridge and freezer etc - I don't mine bitcoin at night), since with IO the low rate is for any use in the off-peak period, whereas Charge Anytime just relates to the car.
So my question really is about member's experiences with either of these schemes. Do they work reliably? Any problems I should be aware of? Does Charge Anytime really charge anytime or push you into the night-time charging (which to be fair would probably be fine for me in general). Is it possible to recommend one over the other?
It looks like the IO tariff has just changed, down from 10p/kWh in the off-peak period to 7.5p/Kwh. Off-peak period is 6 hours, 11.30 pm to 5.30 am.
I'm currently on OVO, who offer "Charge Anytime"; which works via yet another f'ing app, to record charging the car, and give a credit on the next bill so that the effective cost for all charging is 10p per kWh.
The tariff difference looks considerable, but since they were the same a month or two ago, I'm guessing Ovo are likely to reduce theirs as well, unless some more knowledgeable corrects me.
The day tariff on IO is quite a bit higher than the standard tariff on Ovo, but I suppose that evens out somewhat overnight (just fridge and freezer etc - I don't mine bitcoin at night), since with IO the low rate is for any use in the off-peak period, whereas Charge Anytime just relates to the car.
So my question really is about member's experiences with either of these schemes. Do they work reliably? Any problems I should be aware of? Does Charge Anytime really charge anytime or push you into the night-time charging (which to be fair would probably be fine for me in general). Is it possible to recommend one over the other?
