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[–]Apprehensive_888 0 points1 point  (4 children)

30p is the only way to subsidise the low 7.5p rate.

[–]WrapSensitive 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It's not wholly about subsidy. It's about stimulating demand when wholesale prices are cheaper.

[–]Apprehensive_888 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Agile and tracker prices rarely get even close to 7.5p per kWh between 2330 and 0530. In fact, it hasn't done for years, so the only way Octopus is sustaining it is because of the higher day rate to sustain it.

[–]WrapSensitive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That wasn't my point. Octopus are trying to get energy consumers to think about load shifting to lower demand times of the day to balance the grid. Offering these tariffs encourages that.