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Octopus tariff quirk makes house battery charging cheaper than car

Original: Strange artefact of the Octopus Happy Hours: it is more financially effective for me to charge the house battery +run ap

A household energy customer in the UK has described an odd side effect of Octopus Energy's Happy Hours tariff: charging the house battery and running appliances is more cost-effective than charging their electric car. Under the tariff, if the car charges, the price per kilowatt drops from 33p to 8p, so running the home off the battery instead works out cheaper — and at times the electricity is effectively free.

Why now: People following energy tariff and electric vehicle discussions find the counterintuitive pricing behaviour of smart tariffs noteworthy.

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• Strange artefact of the Octopus Happy Hours: it is more financially effective for me to charge the house battery +run appliances than charge the car, because with the tariff I’m on if the car charges it drops the kW price from 33p to 8p. Either way free leccy, yay! #… · Nicovel0 · 1

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