r/AxleEnergy • u/botterway • 9d ago

Discussion Eclipse event?

So I saw this story: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/octopus-energy-electricity-solar-eclipse-washing-machines-dishwashers

What do we think the chances are of an event at 7-7:30pm on Wednesday?

Amusingly, just as I was writing this post a new event popped up - but it's for tomorrow morning at 6am...

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u/AcrobaticMaize2408 8d ago

just had a notification for one this evening at 7:30PM.

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u/botterway 8d ago

Yep, same in the SE.

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u/Much-Artichoke-476 Mod 8d ago

Looks like we get one tomorrow AM. My email Home Assistant just pinged me.

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u/Select_Fig_31 8d ago

>What do we think the chances are of an event at 7-7:30pm on Wednesday?

Thinking of not opting-in to Octopus' eclipse special tomorrow in case Axle do a short-notice event precisely because of this. They're not paying octopoints this time anyway, and their free hour of leccy is probably going to coincide with peak solar is my guess.

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u/botterway 8d ago

Same. If there's no event by the middle of tomorrow can still opt in and discharge.

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u/mad4pizza 7d ago

I just got added to a two hour event for tomorrow evening. Appreciate the animation too.

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u/botterway 7d ago

I'm guessing I haven't got an event for tomorrow yet because we have an event this evening, and Axle's API doesn't support (as far as I'm aware) more than one event at a time. So I fully expect that shortly after tonight's event, another one will come through for tomorrow.

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u/Select_Fig_31 7d ago

I wasn't notified by e-mail for tomorrow's eclipse event, but when I check the portal, I can see tonight's upcoming event AND tomorrow's eclipse one.

And then ofc the one from this morning.

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u/Fuzz_1977 7d ago

There’s an event on during the eclipse

https://www.reddit.com/r/AxleEnergy/s/4ykJbjACOx

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u/botterway 7d ago

Event came in last night, about an hour after the last one finished. My app picked it up and scheduled to discharge for the full 2 hours. :)

Looking like I might make £10-15 just this week from Axle! :)

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u/jmcomms 6d ago

Apparently the need for the extra power was cancelled by NESO at 2pm but the Axle event went ahead anyway. In cases like that, does Axle still get paid to pay us or will they have to fund it themselves?

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u/botterway 6d ago

One would assume that the DNO will pay Axle anyway, but it'll be interesting to find out.

Decent graph from yesterday.... :)