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You will only ever really read "horror stories" just like you will for "standard" meters.

Working meters (i.e. the vast vast majority) are not news.

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yeah I know but as someone suffers with clinical anxiety all these people who are few are still ones it has gone wrong with and no matter how unlikely it is to happen to me it still might

Re: Smart Meters and Tariffs
 

Scottish Power have just informed me that I could save money by signing up to their new Fixed Tariff.

Standard Tariff = £1898.49 pa.
Fixed Tariff = £1902.02 pa.

"£50 exit fee per fuel if you change supplier"

Re: Smart Meters and Tariffs
 

Not anymore it seems, apparently as of 1st September, they will charge you the exit fee if you are less than 50% of the way into your existing deal.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com...september-2025

I suspect a lot of people have been switching regularly, and they have decided to clamp down.

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Yes, and they were being more generous before as the smart tariffs were considered beta and they didn't want people to get trapped onto something that may have been unreliable.

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Scottish Power seem to tie their fixed tariffs into Cancer Research UK, so a big no from me.
If I want to give to charity, I'll do it on my terms, not be forced into it as part of my energy bill.

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The price cap is going up by 2% from October, to £1755.

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Apparently when this was announced this morning so many people hit the Outfox site it went down for a while.

Re: Smart Meters and Tariffs
 

I moved from Octopus fixed rate to Fuse fixed rate last night (Octopus expires October 6th) - saving £250 a year over current tariff, and about £120 a year over latest best Octopus rate.

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Octopriceuk has finally updated for the latest trackers if anyone likes to still use that.

Unfortunately I made the mistake of fixing my rate with Octopus with an exit fee so I'm stuck with this until April 2026 and would have been better staying on both trackers or possibly switching to Outfox.

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Now they've grabbed enough customers , and are the biggest provider, Octopus aren't that competitive any longer. Classic business plan.

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They maybe if someone is on a Tracker Tariff but I've not done the maths but I will compare against other providers in April 2026.

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More than competitive for me. I am on Octopus Agile and nothing comes close to it for my personal needs. In fact free electric for me today from 11:00 till 16:00. YMMV based on usage.

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On days like today, Agile is a clear winner.
However, such days are not that common, esp as summer fades away.
Having spent almost a year on it, the average price overall (for me) works out at 20.7p per kWh.

Thats better that any fixed deal Octopus offer, and better than almost all other fixed deals, however OFE had some that were 1p cheaper (19.7p), and they also had Gas that was cheaper than anyone else (at 5.15p). Octopus Tracker beats that (< 5p) in the spring/summer, but gets more expensive as winter moves in.

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Now the bad news!
Since having the meter fitted no indication (at all) of current electric usage!
Having made contact with EDF have to wait for a tech to do a home visit to sort out?

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It's amazing (to me) how much 'smart' technology is anything but.

I remember when smart meant wearing a tie . . . and both socks were a match

:D