Last seen: Aug 31, 2025
I am pleased to see the change. We definitely need to see suppliers move away from tariff that are financially unviable just to chase customer numb...
The day ahead price is just that. The price traded for a small amount of electricity the day ahead. It is not the price of all electricity used the ne...
The gas standing charge went up as some of the network costs have been moved from the gas unit rate to the gas standing charge. Hence the correspon...
You need to be a bit careful when looking at those 30min prices on the Nation Grid website, although they are useful. This isn't even the wholesale...
The "subsidised tarrif" comment is currently correct. Octopus loose money on time sliced tarrif but price them for the long term game to get customer ...
There are some projects looking at how smart meters and the smart meter network can be used in demand management. Here is one for example Whe...
Short video from Greg on the announcement
Sure. Basically: 1. Zonal wholesale pricing isn't going ahead. Too much risk. I won't dwell on the points as it is what it is now, no zonal wholes...
We have decided to retain a single national GB-wide wholesale market and introduce an ambitious package of reform to improve the efficiency of our fut...
I did say anything to infer this. I am offended and would like a apology
Grant was my local MP before he lost his seat. He was one of the more green MPs, with an electric vehicle and I remember he had his house assessed fo...
Are those outages typical for your area of the country or do you have specific issues with your home?
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