Gavin Staniforth

@philippac72 @g__j @MartinSLewis That’s fine though, it’s an incentive to stay with them. If they are losing 4p before May then after May it’s only 1p let’s say.. or maybe even making money!

@gsdev90 @g__j @MartinSLewis Clearly you’ve not read the full website. You are still being paid above the wholesale rate for export. You are also paid when the grid least needs it.

Doesn't sound great, but just to be technical. Octopus Go is not a price capped tariff so it didn't move due to drop in Price Cap. It dropped due to the removal of some govt policy costs from energy bills (which is the same reason the cap moved but still they're separate). As its not priced capped and it is a variable tariff it is allowed to move the price as long as adequate notice is given. I'm afraid the only option is to ditch and switch elsewhere :(

@simoncclark456 @g__j @MartinSLewis Supermarkets often make losses on products to get you in the door though. It’s standard business. They need to raise the prices if import is going up….. what you are saying is they will make less of a loss our of expense from May

@gsdev90 @g__j @MartinSLewis 12 p per kwh for export is generous. I think they make a loss on it, especially as the majority of the energy solar produces is when the wholesale cost of electricity is already low. youtu.be/RxZXx1KZIQY?si…

@philippac72 @g__j @MartinSLewis Exactly! They promise to be quick to raise them but won’t be in May when this war has raised the prices!

@gsdev90 @g__j @MartinSLewis octopus.energy/help-and-faqs/…

@g__j @MartinSLewis Why isn’t solar export going up then? It went down to 12p and seems to be staying down when imports are gonna up!

Whilst rises are painful and we work very hard to avoid them (you can look back and see very few over the years on these tariffs) - these tariffs are still very cheap - typical users on this tariff will have a blended rate of around 18.3p/kWh - around 20% below the price cap, and the more they charge their car the bigger the saving. You don't need to buy a charger from us, etc. The points about timing are well taken. In terms of "reviewed every 3 months" - although the price was changed less than 3 months ago - that was simply passing through the govt cut, in full. We haven't changed the price ourselves for 4 months (Go) and longer (IOgo)- and in terms of notice period Ofgem removed the 30 days (we assume because it sometimes caused people to leave good value tariffs). We aim for about 2 weeks - slightly less this time as we didn't want to email over the weekend when there'd be less support available. And perspective is important - an EV on these tariffs is about 5-8 times cheaper per mile than a petrol car, despite the fact the UK has such high electricity prices.

@YTJustGetATesla Have you been to new Rheged supercharger in Penrith? Would love your thoughts in a video about what side you are even meant to be on. The location of the V4s is bizarre and isn’t even consistent. Charged a few times and even Teslas don’t know what to do most of the time.

A perfect thumbnail for my forthcoming charging strategy video. Get to Perth SC. These two cockwombles parked on charging bays. An IX blocking 2 bays. An Audi charging wrong side and a van parked next to him also charging wrong side. So 12 bays, 4 are blocked…

@zexpe @YTJustGetATesla @MdeZegher @Olliedodd Perth is such a poor example of a site now. It’s always been busy when I use it also so it’s a shame we can’t get some V4s. The speed bumps actually make getting a Tesla close abit of a nervous task ha

@YTJustGetATesla Perth & Eurocentral both opened up as 12 stall V2 sites at around the same time - Eurocentral was recently replaced with 18 V4s - Perth desperately needs the same treatment. @MdeZegher @Olliedodd

@piersmorgan Zero isn’t even true, we have 6x Type 45 destroyers with inception capability

So not only has Iran brazenly lied about its ballistic missile range capacity, but this means it can probably hit the UK with them - and we have zero, I repeat ZERO, defence against these missiles. Very worrying.

@eV_Newt @sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy That’s the thing for a lot of people they basically made IO == GO now with an extra hour. Lottery if your car & charger are supported but in “cap mode” it’s basically just Octopus Go with extra hours so no fancy integration is required.. might aswell just sack the whole lot off.

@gsdev90 @sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy I’d be alright about that import rose if they’d actually get more work done to add more cars and chargers to Intelligent Go. Another year and nothing has been added. Alternatively I think they should add another hour to Basic Go to match iO’s six hours.

So the day has come and @OctopusEnergy has changed their rates. These are now live on their website. The new offpeak rate on IOG for NEW switches will increase to 7.5p per kWh and for GO 9p per kWh. There will be a 6 hours limit of offpeak from your vehicle each night BUT this won't start until around mid March for everyone. @agile_phil confirmed they are working on the app and the changes won't be in place by St David's day so the 6 hour limit is on hold for now. BUT possibly by mid March there will be a slider which will easily allow customers to limit their charge to 6 hours max. It is at this point the new rules will come into effect. (The house still gets offpeak too) The slider will give reassurance customers won't accidentally charge at full price unless they want to. You'll be in control and can decide if you need to go over 6 hours. I think it's amazing they've listened to feedback on this!! It feel reassured i can still use IOG as intended now! There's slightly more to come on another tariff. I know a few of you will be interested in this one too but you'll need to standby for that. RECAP So if you are already on Go or Intelligent Go your offpeak rates will stay the same and NO 6 hour limit of offpeak for the vehicle is in place yet. That'll be maybe Mid March and the app will have a slider to limit the charge time to 6 hours if needs be.

@eV_Newt @sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy Yeah 15p->12p because wholesale prices are so cheap now hence also increasing your import rate also 🫠🔥🙄 I almost couldn’t believe it when they put those words in the same email. “Electric is so cheap now guys, so 12p” oh and we are increasing your import 🤪

So can you recap for us Sarah? Export dropping to 12p from 15 for everyone? Basic Go import going up half a pence to 9p. Intelligent going to 8p. But existing customers won’t get the increases? For how long? Until resigning at contract end? I’m not bothered too much by the import increase, but the export 3p loss is something to lament 😢

Why the UK government is not including India in sanctions. We should not be dealing with friends of war criminals @UKLabour @ElaineStewartMP

@colinwalker79 We are all going to be driving Hydrogen cars remember with 0% fuel duty on them

So the Government, committed to transitioning the UK to EVs, is going to: a) effectively cut taxes on petrol cars (by not increasing fuel duty in line with inflation) b) introduce a new tax on EVs (pay per mile) Not the most joined up policy

@EVPuzzle Whats the fuel duty on Hydrogen? BMW+Toyota still think we will all be driving those.

Oh no, now we've got to put up with everyone moaning about a new EV tax that makes no sense 🙅‍♂️🥴 Think I'll just stay home, cancel the Internet and mobile phone so no one knows I exist 😩🤣

Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.” Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.

Budapest Memorandum 1994 Ukraine gives up its nuclear weapons for US Security Guarantees. Foreshadowing.

@SuperchargersUK Top left proves why it’s pointless voting

Supercharging Voting is open for Q4 with a lot of UK and Irish sites to vote for. The UK tends to lag behind other countries in the vote count so might be worth heading over to give your preferred locations your support. tesla.com/en_gb/supercha…

@DeHofNar1 @SteveRulesAll01 @brialerus @Osinttechnical @grok 8 missiles is the currently policy with a total 40 warheads . It can carry 16 which if tensions escalate it would happen.

The UK has resupplied Ukraine with more Storm Shadow cruise missiles for long-range strikes inside Russia this winter -Bloomberg.

@KateFantom @YouTube PV5 surely has to be a contender for the next van ?

It's rare that I'd say this, but after 4k miles, I'd swap it in a heart beat. Don't Buy This Electric Van - Maxus ED7 youtu.be/kBBN_fqCG5k?si… via @YouTube

@modernheroestv @Mice_Are_Upset Depreciating asset has depreciated

@Mice_Are_Upset Used cars are worth less than new ones yes

Just arrived and awaiting preparation! 2018/18 Renault Zoe ZE40 41kWh Dynamique Nav BATTERY OWNED 36,000 miles Full service history Lovely condition throughout Warranty included £6495

@schneider_chris @rich_corless @au_tom_otive Think the depreciation argument comes because people use absolute values rather than the 50% typical norm.. and car prices across the board have risen so much since Covid.

@rich_corless @au_tom_otive Maybe ask real people. Depreciation is basically same as every other car. For mine it was 50% after 3 years .. like with ICE cars I recommend to buy a used one returned from leasing. So you avoid the initial depreciation.

Some context to the ‘lack of retail demand for EVs’… I recently went mystery shopping in a few local showrooms. Upon entering a franchise of a premium German brand, I asked where I could find various electric models in the showroom. It had none. In 2025. Utterly unbelievable.

@tomasmcguinness Power cut and default state?

This was fun. Lights in the house coming on at 3AM. This is the sixth time now over the past few years. Twice in the past two months. I need to investigate what is going on.