Forums

Search with Wattson
Forums
Sustainable Sidetra...
Electricity, Tariff...
Who's your electric...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!

Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

 
Page 28 / 56
Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers
Last Post by Andris 3 weeks ago
666 Posts
57 Users
378 Reactions
169.3 K Views
RSS
Jeff
 Jeff
(@jeff)
Noble Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 602
25/02/2022 2:12 pm  

Current Octopus Go rate for my postcode

Screenshot 20220225 131033 com.android.chrome


   
ReplyQuote
Jeff
 Jeff
(@jeff)
Noble Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 602
25/02/2022 5:14 pm  
Posted by: @mike-patrick

Prices still moving up fast. My 2 year fix to Feb 24 (agreed 2 days ago) with day units at 33.39p is no longer available. Replaced with a 2 year fix to March 24 and the day rate quoted is now 43.07. That is now about 10p per unit above the OFGEM price cap. At this rate the cap will move up again in 6 months time.

Mike

Spot natural gas prices are currently down nearly 30% today (back down to 227). With the Ukrainian pipes intact and the EU not  cutting back on the gas it gets from Russia, the gas market has settled down quite a bit. If all else fails Russia will find other markets for their gas.

Prices are volatile but no sign they will go over 400 as they did in December at the moment. 



   
ReplyQuote
 Kev M
(@kev-m)
Noble Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 1276
26/02/2022 1:18 am  
Posted by: @prjohn

@editor At present, I can't get a smart meter. I sign up for a contract they come out to fit a smart meter and then tell me I can't get a signal. Terms of the contract fulfilled. This has happened three times now, they were here yesterday. 

At present, I don't see any advantage to a smart meter but this will change when smart meters become the majority, time of use charging will be encouraged. As mentioned in other posts the responsibility of energy consumption management will shift to the user, whether this is through energy conservation or off-peak consumption it will be the consumer's responsibility to reduce consumption or face high KWH rates. Those with smart meters will have a choice on when and how they use energy to save money as opposed to standard metering where high hourly costs will be potentially punishing. 

Time of use/off-peak metering does raise the question of whether storage heaters are more advantageous than heat pumps.  Then the next question is, are storage heaters a better choice than battery storage?

It depends what you mean by better.  Having had them recently, storage heaters are terrible for convenience and flexibility.  They would have to be almost free for me to choose them over the ASHP.  



   
👍
2
ReplyQuote



Mars
 Mars
(@editor)
Illustrious Member Admin
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4550
Topic starter 26/02/2022 10:28 pm  

For those want to review Ofgem's default tariff cap level for 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 I've attached it to this post. Our variable tariff will increase from 22p to a staggering 33.8p/kWh. It's crazy to think that this time last year we were paying 11p/kWh. Madness.

Default tariff cap level - 1 April 2022 - 30 September 2022.pdf

Get a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps

Subscribe and follow our YouTube channel!


   
ReplyQuote
Mars
 Mars
(@editor)
Illustrious Member Admin
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4550
Topic starter 26/02/2022 10:44 pm  

@prjohn, are you really rural that the smart metres can't get a signal. If you have 4g signal, will they be able to connect?


Get a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps

Subscribe and follow our YouTube channel!


   
ReplyQuote
 prjohn
(@prjohn)
Estimable Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 125
27/02/2022 10:25 am  
Posted by: @editor

@prjohn, are you really rural that the smart metres can't get a signal. If you have 4g signal, will they be able to connect?

Rural yes but not that rural. Mobile phone signals are available but for some reason where we sit the Smart Metering Wide Area Network fails. A few houses in our street can't connect to the WAN. 

 



   
👍
2
ReplyQuote



Mars
 Mars
(@editor)
Illustrious Member Admin
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4550
Topic starter 27/02/2022 6:26 pm  

@prjohn, I had no idea that they were connected via a WAN. I thought that they were 4g. Interesting.


Get a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps

Subscribe and follow our YouTube channel!


   
ReplyQuote
 Derek M
(@derek-m)
Illustrious Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4425
27/02/2022 6:52 pm  

Hi Everyone,

I feel certain that like my wife and I you are all very concerned about the situation in Ukraine and its effect on world stability.

To a great extent this has been caused by Europe's reliance on Russian gas supplies, which even if the UK is not that reliant, still suffers from the present high prices. I therefore suggest that all members, wherever possible, turn down their heating by 1C, or at least 0.5C. This would hopefully have a threefold effect.

1) Help Europe to reduce its reliance on Russian gas supplies and possibly reduce the money available to Putin to wage war.

2) Help reduce the cost of gas and hopefully keep any price rises to a minimum.

3) Help reduce global warming by reducing CO2 emissions.

If possible write to your MP, or anyone within the press to try to encourage everyone in Europe to carry out a similar action.

Today I have lowered our heating by 0.5C, with the hope of taking it down further, provided 'she who must be obeyed' does not complain too bitterly.



   
👍
4
ReplyQuote
Mars
 Mars
(@editor)
Illustrious Member Admin
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4550
Topic starter 27/02/2022 9:46 pm  

@derek-m, good suggestion. I will circulate your message via my social media channels if that's OK.


Get a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps

Subscribe and follow our YouTube channel!


   
ReplyQuote



 Derek M
(@derek-m)
Illustrious Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 4425
27/02/2022 9:49 pm  
Posted by: @editor

@derek-m, good suggestion. I will circulate your message via my social media channels if that's OK.

By all means, please do so.



   
👍
2
ReplyQuote
 Andris
(@andris)
Estimable Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 128
27/02/2022 10:32 pm  

@editor Here is mine.

Screenshot 20220227 213057 Samsung Internet

16kw Samsung TDM ASHP. 8.4kw PV, power optimizers 20×420watt panels 6kw SolarEdge inverter.


   
ReplyQuote
 Andris
(@andris)
Estimable Member Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 128
27/02/2022 10:35 pm  

@derek-m I did it 0.5c down.


16kw Samsung TDM ASHP. 8.4kw PV, power optimizers 20×420watt panels 6kw SolarEdge inverter.


   
ReplyQuote



Page 28 / 56
Forum Jump:
Next Topic  
Related Topics
Topic Tags:  electricity (5) , tariff (9) ,

Currently viewing this topic 12 guests.



Share:

Join Us!

Worth Watching

Latest Posts

Click to access the login or register cheese
x Powerful Protection for WordPress, from Shield Security PRO
This Site Is Protected By
Shield Security PRO →