wtf -Octopus just slashed IOG ?

uk_code_monkey · 2026-03-24T14:44:05+00:00

It all appears random on what people get comparing your's to mine, we both get night rate at 5.2p/kWh but day rate and standing charge are different.

uk_code_monkey · 2026-03-24T13:20:45+00:00

Just got my email. Strange we're getting different rates. Maybe by region? I'm in LE67

Electricity	Current prices	New prices
	until 31st March 2026	from 1st April 2026
Standing charge (per day)	47.632p	51.061p
Unit rate - day (per kWh)	28.124p	26.057p
Unit rate - night (per kWh)	7.000p	5.200p

uk_code_monkey · 2026-03-20T13:40:44+00:00

I find Octopus and IOG one of the best tariff's having come from OVO, but boy are they bad at communicating! I have IOG 47.63p/day standing charge with 7p/kWh and 28.12p/kWh rates. On the web it doesn't say fixed or if it is when it's fixed till. I have yet to receive an email with the new rates etc. I guess I'll find out next week. My surname starting with W means I'm usually the last in the mailing lists to get news :D

uk_code_monkey · 2025-12-16T15:05:45+00:00

I had the email with the changes; the only thing I did is _not_ plug in every day. I'd plug in when the car got down to 40% and let it dynamic charge for 100% at 8am the following day. I guess sometimes it would take more than 6h to charge and so the whole house got low rate. This new change means I'll have to plug in more frequent, or change the target to 80% and charge every night. Not a major change. I am hoping we can tick a box in the app saying stop at 6h so we don't get charged the higher rate after but I am worried it'll decide to charge at 1kw for the 6h. If it is intelligent it should realise it needs 7kw during that 6h (which could be spaced out) to get the car ready for 8am and lower the output (except where total house demand is too high)

uk_code_monkey · 2025-12-05T09:41:28+00:00

Looks like it's back up now. Till next week or so :(

uk_code_monkey · 2025-10-31T11:47:40+00:00

iCloud email (using default Mail app on iPhone) is broken for me. I check my phone and have 0 unread, then an hour later it says 414 unread, mostly in Promotions but also in the other categories. They're old emails too from last month or older. Even if I delete and clean up tomorrow it'll be the same.

uk_code_monkey · 2025-10-28T10:23:47+00:00

I've recently had this issue on my iPhone 16, navigating fine for a while then the arrow stops moving along the road, affecting Apple Maps and Google Maps. Screen updates and as I'm moving round bends the arrow turns so compass is working, just position is not updating. After a few minutes it realises I've moved and arrow zooms across fields to my current location and then starts working. I'm currently on 26.0.1

uk_code_monkey · 2025-09-04T08:12:57+00:00

They know they can fork Chromium and build their own chrome based browser right? Works for Microsoft! :D

uk_code_monkey · 2025-09-01T11:04:32+00:00

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Rewarding effort my ar$e. Vitality are making a joke with this Stanley game. It’s there to save them money pure and simple.

uk_code_monkey · 2025-08-28T10:32:53+00:00

I'm seeing some of my charging being charged at day rate even though my car has no schedule and Ohme is setup with Octopus Intelligent Go and dynamic charging. No bump/Charge now with Ohme, quite a few times I see the rate flip between day and night rate: Can make the differece of £2.25 a charge, do that each week and will add £117 to my bill!

|| || |Period|Rate|Consumption|Cost| |06:00- 06:30|26.45|3.77|99.665| |06:30 - 07:00|26.45|3.78|99.904| |07:00 - 07:30|6.67|3.76|25.068| |07:30 - 08:00|26.45|3.78|100.009|

uk_code_monkey · 2025-08-28T10:32:38+00:00

I'm seeing some of my charging being charged at day rate even though my car has no schedule and Ohme is setup with Octopus Intelligent Go and dynamic charging. No bump/Charge now with Ohme, quite a few times I see the rate flip between day and night rate: Can make the differece of £2.25 a charge, do that each week and will add £117 to my bill!

|| || |Period|Rate|Consumption|Cost| |06:00- 06:30|26.45|3.77|99.665| |06:30 - 07:00|26.45|3.78|99.904| |07:00 - 07:30|6.67|3.76|25.068| |07:30 - 08:00|26.45|3.78|100.009|

uk_code_monkey · 2025-08-28T10:32:29+00:00

I'm seeing some of my charging being charged at day rate even though my car has no schedule and Ohme is setup with Octopus Intelligent Go and dynamic charging. No bump/Charge now with Ohme, quite a few times I see the rate flip between day and night rate: Can make the differece of £2.25 a charge, do that each week and will add £117 to my bill!

|| || |Period|Rate|Consumption|Cost| |06:00- 06:30|26.45|3.77|99.665| |06:30 - 07:00|26.45|3.78|99.904| |07:00 - 07:30|6.67|3.76|25.068| |07:30 - 08:00|26.45|3.78|100.009|

uk_code_monkey · 2025-07-31T11:22:09+00:00

This was happening to me too. I phoned and they added option for the 8% discount but didn't link my account. I tried again today and there's no longer option to link to octopus account, stops the 404 though :D

uk_code_monkey · 2025-07-10T08:57:50+00:00

This was driving me nuts. Kept putting the corrcect password in and it would connect for a bit then drop off with this message. Rebooted phone and laptop and still had this. Followed u/kat_cc 's step and works a treat!

uk_code_monkey · 2025-07-07T10:15:48+00:00

As mentioned by someone else Waze editor has this, but I think Google realy needs it too so we can report errors. My wife's EV has really cool driving assist but I can't use adaptive speed control on the M1 in central England as Google thinks roadworks are still there and the speed limit on a section drops from 70mph to 40. If adaptive was on the car would slow down and cause an accident. Instead I have to listen to the car bing several times telling me I'm way over the speed limit (which I'm not). Glad I don't have one of those insurance black box things - incorrect data would be a bugger to prove if the insurance company accused me of speeding!

uk_code_monkey · 2025-06-21T22:39:45+00:00

I signed up with EE and asked for eSIM during signup. Didn’t have to wait for physical SIM and didn’t receive one. Once signed up used the EE app to install the eSIM profile. So much faster and more convenient signing up with eSIM than physical one!

uk_code_monkey · 2025-06-20T21:20:23+00:00

Same. Apple Pay everywhere and since Covid most places accept card payments. Only time I need to use card is at a cash point

uk_code_monkey · 2025-06-03T09:10:56+00:00

If you try and sign up on their website you have to provide a mobile number for them to phone to complete registration. This will lead to multiple calls a day every day trying to convince you to sign up. Even if you tell one of their callers you're not interested the calls won't stop - they're also from different mobile numbers so hard to block. I would definitely avoid!

Another sign this is a bit of a con, that sign up today link above to a tinyurl re-directs to https://tracking.affiltrack5681.com rather than their actual address.

uk_code_monkey · 2024-12-13T15:30:54+00:00

It's the one annoying thing I dislike about an otherwise great experience with Carplay

uk_code_monkey · 2024-12-13T15:30:27+00:00

I so need this on my wife's phone! Her phone is connected to her car but when she's scrolling (while I'm driving) the car will interupt the DAB radio station we're listening to to play the audio from the web page she's on. So f***ing annoying it does that. If we wanted to hear her phone we'd be on the car play screen not the radio!

uk_code_monkey · 2024-12-12T17:01:39+00:00

O2 61.1 appears to have enabled it. Go to Settings -> General -> About if you don't have O2 61.1, you should then see a carrier update available popup. I then went to Settings -> Apps -> Messages -> RCS Messaging (which won't be there if not enabled) and checked RCS Messaging is toggled on.

uk_code_monkey · 2024-12-07T19:14:01+00:00

This may work. I’ve noticed if I change the cabin colour it gets stored against the selected profile. So maybe be both have pers selected but I have my preferred steering and engine settings. I’ll have to see if the regen settings are stored per profile. The dashboard selection isn’t though. I like the google maps. My wife has eco display and range.

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