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Ciprian Cucuruz

@ciprian.uk

Passionate about motorcycles, film/video, design and a UX enthusiast Freelance video editor – VideoEditor.uk Domain investor – webber.domains Biker – ciprian.uk

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 26/09/2026

I love this new system with Power Up/Down and Weekend Happy Hours. Great idea, give a pat on their back to whomever came up with that. One hour of free electricity is meaningful and concrete, unlike X amount of Octopoints. A very good motivation to unplug some things.

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 30/04/2026

Two very nice days

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 27/04/2025

This is so lazy of them. If you don't want to support them, then open source the code so people can create their own control servers with something like @home-assistant.io Thermostats used to last forever newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/how-the-open...

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 22/01/2025

Here is the full screenshot. It obviously depends on your usage patterns

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 22/01/2025

It's still 40% cheaper overall

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 09/01/2025

It obviously depends on your usage patterns, but it's only been a handful of days this winter when prices have been this high. For the majority of the time Agile has been well below SVT price cap

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 09/01/2025

Blimey! I've not seen prices this high for this long, ever

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 10/12/2024

😱 wastedwind.energy/2024-12-07

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 06/12/2024

If you look at the past 24h generation mix you'll see the wind started peaking at the same time as the evening demand peak and gas started to ramp down. There was a huge amount of power generated by wind, but also a very high demand. They balanced perfectly. You need an imbalance for plunge prices

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Ciprian Cucuruz @ciprian.uk · 18/11/2024

If you can avoid doing energy intensive stuff like using the oven, the washer or dishwasher and ideally not put the kettle on during 16:00-19:00 every day, then Agile will be significantly cheaper than any other tariff anywhere. For me it is so much cheaper: 11p/kWh compared to 25p average tariff

Octopus Energy Agile tariff electricity invoice showing the average unit rate of 11 pence per kilowatt-hour for October 2024

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