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Philip Steele

@philiprsteele.co.uk

Also known as AgilePhil elsewhere. Future Technologies Evangelist at Octopus Energy - ie lots of R&D and events.

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Wow that’s a great stat.

07.02.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well indeed. If methane can destroy a house I’d hate to think what hydrogen might do to a street. But in my blog there’s more to this too that I don’t want to distract from. A kWh of electricity gives me 3+kWh heat via a heat pump. That same kWh would create 0.5kWh heat via Hydrogen. 6x difference!

09.01.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Jon, the example query on the developer page is out of date (fix coming) and that version is retired. Instead try this one api.octopus.energy/v1/products/... as the most recent version. But check which Agile version you are on to ensure you get the right rates.

08.01.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Epic EV road trip through Europe (2400km!!)
Epic EV road trip through Europe (2400km!!) YouTube video by Octopus Energy

youtu.be/rgx--zZIeKE

Well done on a great summary of our Octobahn road trip.

It wasn't about a race but i got to Berlin first 🀣🫑 @octopus.energy @philsteele.bsky.social @aaronis.online πŸ₯·

Dennis looks great πŸ₯°

23.12.2024 18:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what it's all about. There may be highs, but theres always lows. Which does seem counter intuitive to say and applaud.

21.12.2024 19:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Love a windy morning.

21.12.2024 19:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And even worse they’ll find it really hard to add more. Similarly hard to get the export limit removed too.

11.12.2024 17:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Agile Portal Agile Portal

Oct/Nov/Dec around two-thirds of the time it’s been below 24p. In year to Oct'24 average customer saving on Agile was Β£525 vs our Flex rate. All historical data here agile.octopushome.net/historical-d... including comparison tool.

10.12.2024 19:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Agile’s looking spicy tomorrow so avoid that peak (I’m West Mids). Remember we cap at Β£1 which Scotland reaches. Even so a third of the day is still below our Fixed rate so shifting time of use still works. Last -ve's were only on 23/24/25 Nov (-4.54p lowest).

10.12.2024 19:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Came across this www.eonenergy.com/business/net... and can’t help but think if a new build site deliberately under-specs the local grid then it’s self-enforcing reduced solar install (photo implies that) and therefore restricted export. E.g. wouldn't then support Zero Bills.

10.12.2024 18:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Zonal Pricing. Really important. We need to stop throwing away excess wind energy fish we’ve already paid for. And stop gas setting the price!

04.12.2024 15:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You asked and here we are!

04.12.2024 15:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Energy Efficient Appliances | ao.com Energy Efficient AppliancesFlexible delivery available.

Hi Owen, sorry crossed wires here. It’s up to Β£15 off. Don’t forget that can be stacked on top of any other AO discounts too. More here: ao.com/l/energyeffi...

27.11.2024 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s Greg’s note elsewhere.

22.11.2024 21:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snap.

22.11.2024 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
a cartoon with two panels

panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground

Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there"

The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

22.11.2024 11:20 πŸ‘ 10789 πŸ” 2109 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 103

Go Denmark - wind powered giant heat pump! I’d love to visit this!

18.11.2024 19:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you were storing at 60 all the time it’ll affect the efficiency. Common, which I think we set on all our installs, is 60 cycle once a week.

15.11.2024 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My daughter’s Octopus.

12.11.2024 08:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Good to be here!

11.11.2024 20:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Octopus Energy now lets homes donate their excess solar to those who need it Instead of selling excess energy into the grid, customers can choose to gift it instead.

Octopus Energy now lets homes donate their excess solar to those who need it

05.11.2024 15:30 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0