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 Toodles
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30/09/2025 2:47 pm  

@agentgeorge It is so marginal for us that (and I hope!) with the reduced heat loss with the new triple glazing, the possible saving will be smaller than the £25 exit fee if we wish to change tariff come the spring next year. Who knows, our marvellous government might even make a move to shift the unfair taxing on electricity to where it should be - on gas! 😉 Yeah I know, beware of low flying pork. Toodles.


Toodles, heats his home with cold draughts and cooks food with magnets.


   
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 Old_Scientist
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30/09/2025 4:16 pm  

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@agentgeorge It is so marginal for us that (and I hope!) with the reduced heat loss with the new triple glazing, the possible saving will be smaller than the £25 exit fee if we wish to change tariff come the spring next year. Who knows, our marvellous government might even make a move to shift the unfair taxing on electricity to where it should be - on gas! 😉 Yeah I know, beware of low flying pork. Toodles.

@toodles I recently completed an online budget representation for the Autumn 2025 budget (2nd link below, up to 250 words max), in exactly this area (proposal to move environmental and policy costs from electricity bills to gas bills, to close the 'spark gap' price difference between electricity and gas prices per kWh)

https://www.brevia.co.uk/news/politics/how-to-submit-a-representation-to-hm-treasury-for-autumn-budget-2025/

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/6PEB2A/

I would encourage you to do likewise, it's a really simple process.

In support of this proposal, I tried to highlight that the current gap was around 4.2 times, and that a recent study found the average COP for a heat pump installation in the UK was 2.8, meaning the average heat pump at a SCOP of 2.8 would cost 50% more to run than a gas boiler assuming current ofgem SVR pricing. I suggested that ofgem should seek to maintain this ratio at a maximum of 3 (or below) to help drive uptake of ASHPs as a form of heating. I also emphasised that such a proposal would be cost neutral to the Treasury.

 

 


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Samsung 12kW gen6 ASHP with 50L volumiser and all new large radiators. 7.2kWp solar (south facing), Tesla PW3 (13.5kW)
Solar generation completely offsets ASHP usage annually. We no longer burn ~1600L of kerosene annually.


   
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 AgentGeorge
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30/09/2025 4:27 pm  

Considering Octopus states all their electricity is green, with wind and solar radiation costing nothing once the generator is built, payback is quicker than the 30 years it takes for a gas power station, which needs a costly fuel source.



   
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 Scalextrix
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02/10/2025 9:36 am  

Current supplier is Octopus, and we have been on Tracker for a few years which has been consistently cheaper for electricity and gas except for a few blips.  It was better in the beginning and the savings seem to have been watered down over the last versions.  It expires in April so by then we will have 6 heating season months of data and can decide if another setup would be better.

As we dont have a battery, time of use isn't that relevant to us at the moment, but we will look to get a battery before the 0% VAT on zero carbon stuff expires in April 2027 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-on-energy-saving-materials-and-heating-equipment-notice-7086

Of course that 0% VAT could be extended.



   
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 Scalextrix
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02/10/2025 11:08 am  

Posted by: @old_scientist
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https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/6PEB2A/

I would encourage you to do likewise, it's a really simple process

Did it 



   
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