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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
The standing charge for electricity has more than doubled since 2021 iirc and it stinks, as does the record profits these companies are reporting, everyone moans at sir beer for taking away Alan Sugar and Elton John's amongst others winter fuel payments whilst ignoring these companies record profits, it's mind boggling, I look at the smart metres thread where it's page after page of people being delighted at saving literally tuppence and think whilst I'm glad they're happy, they're somewhat distracted and missing the bigger picture
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I have saved far more than a few pence since i moved to agile. I am i admit a heavy user of electricity I have an EV that is used everyday back and to from work and other heavy usage items. The attachment here is a comparison of my usage and what it costs between the standard fixed rate for Octopus and the Octopus Agile rate for the last month. I use the big boys toys to my advantage if it saves me a lot of money.
I hardly use any gas at all, the only use is the boiler which does the hot water. I might look at a heat pump at some point and get rid of the gas completely.
I agree the standing charge has become a rip off and i cannot see it changing anytime soon.