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Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:41 pm
by Slenver
I know this is sad and geeky, but I'm very excited...
I switched our electricity recently to an 'agile' tariff that changes every 30-minute slot, based on demand. It's been as low as 6p at the odd brief period during the night, and as high as 47p during mid-afternoon, but on average has been around 15p... which for us, working from home in an old and leaky house with only electric heating has meant saving literally thousands for the year.
But anyway... for the first time tonight and tomorrow, we'll see negative prices! Not much, just around -0.7p for the odd half hour, plus exactly 0p most of tomorrow.
We're giddy with excitement and trying to work out what we can charge up! The missus is always moaning about the hot water being used up by the various teenagers and their multi-hour showers, so that'll be going on from midnight until tomorrow 4pm for a free batch of topped-up hot water. Her EV should cost about 5p to fill up... we'll do some washing. And oh boy, are we gonna celebrate the end of a cold winter (in our house at least)... we're gonna crank the shit out of everything and SWEAT tomorrow! Oh yeah.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:50 pm
by Rockburner
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:41 pm
I know this is sad and geeky, but I'm very excited...
I switched our electricity recently to an 'agile' tariff that changes every 30-minute slot, based on demand. It's been as low as 6p at the odd brief period during the night, and as high as 47p during mid-afternoon, but on average has been around 15p... which for us, working from home in an old and leaky house with only electric heating has meant saving literally thousands for the year.
But anyway... for the first time tonight and tomorrow, we'll see negative prices! Not much, just around -0.7p for the odd half hour, plus exactly 0p most of tomorrow.
We're giddy with excitement and trying to work out what we can charge up! The missus is always moaning about the hot water being used up by the various teenagers and their multi-hour showers, so that'll be going on from midnight until tomorrow 4pm for a free batch of topped-up hot water. Her EV should cost about 5p to fill up... we'll do some washing. And oh boy, are we gonna celebrate the end of a cold winter (in our house at least)... we're gonna crank the shit out of everything and SWEAT tomorrow! Oh yeah.
Do you have a solar farm as well, ie: are you feeding back into the grip as well as using?
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:56 pm
by Slenver
Rockburner wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:50 pm
Do you have a solar farm as well, ie: are you feeding back into the grip as well as using?
No, nothing like that, sadly. We just pay out usually
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:03 pm
by Buckaroo
Who are you with?
Sounds interesting and my kids would definitely be keen to know more.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm
by Slenver
Buckaroo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:03 pm
Who are you with?
Sounds interesting and my kids would definitely be keen to know more.
Octopus
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:55 pm
by Skub
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm
Buckaroo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:03 pm
Who are you with?
Sounds interesting and my kids would definitely be keen to know more.
Octopus
I bet that costs a few squid....
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:00 pm
by Slenver
Skub wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:55 pm
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm
Buckaroo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:03 pm
Who are you with?
Sounds interesting and my kids would definitely be keen to know more.
Octopus
I bet that costs a few squid....
That's so bad it's almost... No, it's really bad.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:08 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Skub wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:55 pm
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm
Buckaroo wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:03 pm
Who are you with?
Sounds interesting and my kids would definitely be keen to know more.
Octopus
I bet that costs a few squid....
They suckered him!
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:15 pm
by KungFooBob
Have you ever won anything on the game when you submit your meter reading, I've had fuck all?
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:17 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
I always win 8 octopoints on the wheel of fortune
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:18 pm
by KungFooBob
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:17 pm
I always win 8 octopoints on the wheel of fortune
Points, mine has cash sums on it?
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:18 pm
by Slenver
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:17 pm
I always win 8 octopoints on the wheel of fortune
Me too.
But there's always a free Gregg's sausage roll and hot drink.
Though that's beneath me.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:20 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:18 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:17 pm
I always win 8 octopoints on the wheel of fortune
Points, mine has cash sums on it?
Yeah but you never win, so that's moot.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:20 pm
by KungFooBob
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:18 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:17 pm
I always win 8 octopoints on the wheel of fortune
Me too.
But there's always a free Gregg's sausage roll and hot drink.
Though that's beneath me.
I get a free Greggs Sausage roll every weekend from O2.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:43 pm
by Horse
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:08 pm
Skub wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:55 pm
Slenver wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:33 pm
Octopus
I bet that costs a few squid....
They suckered him!
An arm and an arm and an arm etc .... and a leg?
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:00 pm
by Slenver
Horse wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:43 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:08 pm
Skub wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:55 pm
I bet that costs a few squid....
They suckered him!
An arm and an arm and an arm etc .... and a leg?
Well, the contract is inked now, no going back.
Re: Cheap leccy
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:08 am
by Desmodromic
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:15 pm
Have you ever won anything on the game when you submit your meter reading, I've had fuck all?
I won £1 a couple of months ago
We are on Octopus Go since I purchased the Tesla just over a month ago. 9p for 4 hrs overnight. Fill up/to pup the car and Powerwall during those 4 hrs and we use that during the rest of the day. With the solar recharging the battery and exporting at 8p if we get the sunshine.
An example of the solar yesterday. We generated 10.8kWh, 68% used by the house, 13% went into the Powerwall, 19% (1.8kWh) was exported to the grid. On a very good day we can generate 24kWh if we get the sunshine on our small 3kW East/West system.