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Last seen: Sep 9, 2026
£9k grant to move from oil to heat pump on boiler upgrade scheme!
Further conformation of the move away from variable pricing for renewal sites on the old ROC contracts. Do it or we will tax your profits.... Be inter...
Carbon tax is going from our bills which we have talked about on this thread before. This goes into the general taxation pot so the Government wi...
It has been floated before, move to basically fix the price of all the old ROC subsidised renewable energy to make them more like CfD subs...
Not sure if this has already been posted and I haven't read the report. Just posting in case anyone wants to read
Report on electricity use in DCs and thoughts on what can be done to lessen impact
I think the graph is wrong?
Interesting that balancing costs including curtailing wind farms are already nearly as much as the total transmission costs on ours bills
@transparent where did the graph come from? DCs currently make up circa 2.5% of our electricity demand and are forecast to increase to cira 9% by 20...
Rewiring the UK
Am curious @transparent what are you going to do with the information if some could make an educated estimate of the proportion? Given you are o...
The G98 distribution code and BS 7671 wiring regulations are being updated for the launch. Be interesting to see if this impacts what the electrician ...
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