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Hi, well you've arrived on the right forum! I have a solar-thermal panel with 30 vacuum tubes: This was a DIY install throughout, for which I so...
I think Smart Meters are better understood with graphics. This block diagram shows the main elements comprising the National Smart Meter Network ...
An LSOA is a statistical tool used for analysing trends in population studies.You are most likely to meet the term with reference to census data. Th...
There's good overview of Smart Meters over on the Smart Me website,and another explanation about SMETS2 meters on the OVO Forum, written by someone ca...
Consider also the demand you are making through your Service Fuse whilst importing electricity to charge the batteries! The most common size of sing...
That figure of £1.058b has Financial Costs still to be deducted, for which Note-7 is 'attached'.For clarity, here is that Note-7 I disagree that t...
Not quite right, @abernyte - but a fair attempt! Western Power Distribution was a UK Company, but owned by PPL Global, based Pennsylvania USAPPL wan...
Tim, that was issue which prompted Ofgem to limit the number of annual fixed-price tariffs which Energy Suppliers can offer at any one time. At a st...
Yes, you're on the right track @ronin92 Before a DNO issues an 'offer to connect', the applicant was originally required to have obtained Planni...
PLAN - B We now have a Dept for Energy again.The Sec State for Energy and Net Zero is Grant Shapps MP Is anyone here in his constituency of Welwyn...
You and I are going to put a stop to it, @derek-mThat's what we're going to do! There needs to be much more public awareness of these issues. And ...
Let me qualify that please. NG-ESO's statistics are derived from electricity generation which actually gets transported on the National Grid. It d...
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