smokie
Prominent Member
I agree to an extent but I'd certainly include possibilities in my decision making, with an appropriate weighting according to their likelihood and impact. For instance - if for any reason I wasn't able to charge a battery bank on a cheap rate, only on my excess solar or at full tariff rate, would it still fulfil my ambitions?
btw Intelligent Octopus is already a thing, it is currently in use. I don't see Octopus wanting to retain too many tariffs here and there for EVs so the speculation I've mentioned makes sense. it's also a fact that Intelligent Octopus currently only works with certain cars or chargers. This range will undoubtedly be expanded. It doesn't work (AFAIK) with batteries, but that's not to say there won't be a tariff which does. It also more or less does away with the opportunity to shift other loads into the cheap period, as you don't know when it will be (and also a compliant car would state to the network how much it needs to be full - I understand atm this can also be an estimate by the owner, but they can see how much and at what level you are consuming power so it may be difficult to work around)
Anyway - I personally think it's a reasonably strong possibility that Go as we know it will cease to exist for new customers within a year and I'd be factoring it into decisions, along with any other risks.
btw Intelligent Octopus is already a thing, it is currently in use. I don't see Octopus wanting to retain too many tariffs here and there for EVs so the speculation I've mentioned makes sense. it's also a fact that Intelligent Octopus currently only works with certain cars or chargers. This range will undoubtedly be expanded. It doesn't work (AFAIK) with batteries, but that's not to say there won't be a tariff which does. It also more or less does away with the opportunity to shift other loads into the cheap period, as you don't know when it will be (and also a compliant car would state to the network how much it needs to be full - I understand atm this can also be an estimate by the owner, but they can see how much and at what level you are consuming power so it may be difficult to work around)
Anyway - I personally think it's a reasonably strong possibility that Go as we know it will cease to exist for new customers within a year and I'd be factoring it into decisions, along with any other risks.