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 JamesPa
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17/12/2025 5:47 pm  

Posted by: @editor
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What’s different with heat pumps is that they’re not discretionary tech. You can choose whether to buy an EV or a battery; heating is non-optional. So tying affordable heating to experimental tariffs, hardware lock-in or remote control feels much more problematic. Heat Pump Plus looked like a way to avoid that (simple, transparent, no control games) which is why its withdrawal feels so significant. It’s not just about one tariff ending, it’s about what replaces it and whether we’re comfortable building the economics of home heating on ever-shifting incentives rather than stable market design.

I dont disagree, although I still maintain that the 15p flat rate was fairly obviously unsustainable.  I think surrendering some control is likely to be the way forward, which will make the argument for batteries stronger.  In the end we need to strongly incentivise grid load levelling if we are not to suffer upgrade costs which are probably unaffordable.   


4kW peak of solar PV since 2011; EV and a 1930s house which has been partially renovated to improve its efficiency. 7kW Vaillant heat pump.


   
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 Batpred
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17/12/2025 7:53 pm  

Posted by: @jamespa
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The best Octopus tarrifs seem to involve giving them control, ultimately we will have to surrender at least some control if we want to benefit.  The question is how much and how much will the tech cost us.  An EV charger, required for Intelligent GO unless you e EV itself is compatible (mine isnt) is 1K, the min battery (required for several other tarrifs) appears to be ~2.5K.   

The Octopus tariff for ev may be happy enough to theoretically control the car. But then we have free ev charging at work, not sure how it works with that... 

Octopus seems to be continuously adding more tech which (no matter how good) takes some time to adjust to. Unless they are not pushy, which they aren't 😉

I am hoping solis ai will be doing the work (just tick a "max profit" option). But I still do not have export capability.. 

 


16kWh Seplos Fogstar battery; 8kW Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS hybrid inverter; Ohme Home Pro EV charger; 100Amp head, HA lab on mini PC


   
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