There’s like 6 sunny weekends a year in this country.
gbroon on
We need to offer something which makes us look charitable but doesn’t actually cost us anything.
How about free electricity at certain times of day?
Nah, that’ll cost.
We make it sunny weekends.
Genius. Order the pizzas for the pizza day to celebrate.
Euan_whos_army on
This is already the case. Many suppliers offer this.
Shot_Net3794 on
And what will they define as a sunny weekend?
The devil is probably in the small print
MuTron1 on
In The Netherlands, many energy suppliers give an hourly unit rate, and on windy or sunny days, that rate can be negative
This kind of thing would be ideal for encouraging UK users to manage their energy demand and encourage usage outside of peak load times and during times of energy surplus
whatmichaelsays on
People are focusing on a poor headline and missing a lot of the point with this.
Some suppliers and tariffs already offer this – some even pay customers to incentivise load-shifting. It’s not a new concept, but in the UK we generally treat every electron as equal, even though they all have different costs depending on when they are generated and used.
The whole point here is to try and “flatten the curve” where demand currently peaks around 4-7pm. Some of that demand is unavoidable – hospitality gets busy, people putting their ovens on, etc – but some is avoidable. There are lots of people who use intensive appliances such as washing machines, driers and dishwashers in that time period mostly out of habit, where there is often no need to. That strains the grid and increases costs.
OdinForce22 on
*Could be*???
I got paid loads over the past 2 weekends on Octopus Agile. Went down to -11p p/kwh a few times.
7 commenti
There’s like 6 sunny weekends a year in this country.
We need to offer something which makes us look charitable but doesn’t actually cost us anything.
How about free electricity at certain times of day?
Nah, that’ll cost.
We make it sunny weekends.
Genius. Order the pizzas for the pizza day to celebrate.
This is already the case. Many suppliers offer this.
And what will they define as a sunny weekend?
The devil is probably in the small print
In The Netherlands, many energy suppliers give an hourly unit rate, and on windy or sunny days, that rate can be negative
This kind of thing would be ideal for encouraging UK users to manage their energy demand and encourage usage outside of peak load times and during times of energy surplus
People are focusing on a poor headline and missing a lot of the point with this.
Some suppliers and tariffs already offer this – some even pay customers to incentivise load-shifting. It’s not a new concept, but in the UK we generally treat every electron as equal, even though they all have different costs depending on when they are generated and used.
The whole point here is to try and “flatten the curve” where demand currently peaks around 4-7pm. Some of that demand is unavoidable – hospitality gets busy, people putting their ovens on, etc – but some is avoidable. There are lots of people who use intensive appliances such as washing machines, driers and dishwashers in that time period mostly out of habit, where there is often no need to. That strains the grid and increases costs.
*Could be*???
I got paid loads over the past 2 weekends on Octopus Agile. Went down to -11p p/kwh a few times.