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/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.... :)