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That worked whilst we were getting cheap gas, but the recent crisis has shown the weakness in the system. Whilst saving energy is easy to say you have...
@batalto I think the reduction is for those on fixed rates that are dearer than the new standard rate. So if you are already cheaper that wouldn't cha...
34.0p/kWh for electricity. This is still a big increase in the current price. Coming into winter this will put even more people into poverty. Giving ...
I can only use the Carnot number from Emoncms HP app. Using the Carnot formula my number is 4.22. My total energy usage for the year 3634kwh. The "SCO...
@batalto There is bias in every editorial and media report. It's what you take out of it and are able to substanciate that is important. The very fact...
An interesting article discusses electricity companies buying on the futures market and profiting, this is proving beneficial to creditors of bust com...
@derek-m You asked " Can anyone clarify how the pricing of the electricity market now operates?" I found this information explains the current situat...
@batalto Great if you can get that deal. If I could then I would by batteries.
@diverted-energy "But I thought the whole concept of a Grid was to balance." You could argue the grid isn't balanced. The imbalance comes from the way...
@diverted-energy Break your graph down to regional and you get a completely different picture. Here are the numbers for Scotland for the same time. Ov...
@derek-m I do have solar PV but can't justify the poor return on investment, unless I get cheap off peek i.e. octopus GO. I use 1145kwh over the year ...
@derek-m "Consider installing battery storage, even without solar PV, since it is now becoming more cost effective when used with lower priced overnig...
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