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RE: Tesla Powerwall – More of a ‘Luxury’ Than an ROI Winner!

We had our Tesla Powerwall 3 (and Gateway) installed earlier this month, together with a doubling of our installed solar capacity, going from 3.6kWp t...

9 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@chandykris Exactly the same here. We now have 13.5kWh of storage and expect to be doing 2.5-3 cycles per day in the coldest depths of winter. In the ...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@toodles I agree. I was on Agile from the beginning of April but switched back to Cosy a while back as the pricing on Agile was not great, as you say....

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@sunandair therein lies the issue - no one can say with any certainty what energy markets will look like in 12 months time, let alone over the payback...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@chandykris in winter modelling predicts generation of 200-230kWh for Dec/Jan, and our usage is 700-900kWh, so maybe a quarter of our usage at best. ...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@chandykris I watched that video with interest too. For us, with a south facing array. I think such a change would be more detrimental. Unlike Agile...

10 months ago
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register

Tesla PW3 (13.5kW) and Gateway for full home backup.

10 months ago
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RE: Crystal Ball Time: Communal or even Area Energy Storage?

I am invested in a couple of listed energy storage funds on the FTSE. These are Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) and Gore Street Energy Storag...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

There was a period during last winter (Dec and maybe Jan) where pricing on Agile got VERY expensive, and this is the chance you take although you can ...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

I've been on Octopus Agile for the last couple months. It's a dynamic tariff for those with a smart meter and the pricing changes every 30mins. I've b...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@toodles Indeed. On a tariff such as IOF where import and export prices are the same, the only thing that really matters is the difference between con...

10 months ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

Thanks @toodles for the update. My PW3 is due to be installed this week, and I'm going to give IOF a go. Accepting that Octopus will fully cycle the...

10 months ago
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