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The only way to convince my Mrs is to highlight the cost savings. I go fully equipped with numbers like I would go to a CFO with RoIC stats and a DCF ...
Agree totally, the objective of the ToU tariffs is to move usage away from the peak timings, so if someone has a large enough battery to move HP usage...
@editor Interesting questions. If the answer to either is yes, that in itself would make it worth getting these batteries. We don't get a lot of power...
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of our electricity usage in the winter is for the heat pump. We doubled our battery storage last spr...
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy mix too. The pattern I see is that when both solar and wind are abundant, we get the negative or...
@papahuhu We would like to get on Octopus Flux too. As we don't have a compatible battery, we can't get IOF. Given our South West PV array orientation...
We do have many fruit trees in our garden. It will be a summer of apple, apricot and plum mash with sausages instead of real mash!
@jamespa The optics look terrible though for Octopus Energy to increase prices just three weeks after they came down. I just checked that the fixed Go...
Looks like the variable versions of Octopus Go, Intelligent Octopus Go and Octopus Cosy tariffs are going up again from 1st May. Has anyone received a...
Lovely subtle pun! I don't have a Tesla, but Growatt does this too. It starts charging at full pelt, then as it reaches higher levels of charge, the...
@jamespa Agree with you that this is a knotty problem and would take multiple small steps and many years to resolve. Many of us here are insulated fro...
I am also not an energy markets expert and financial markets are more up my street, so take my views with a pinch of salt. But, from what I read on Gu...
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