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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • NedS
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    0.3 Os. Wooden spoon snatched from me before I got it!
    @Netexporter I'm happy to share  :D

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  • NedS
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    edited 3 October at 9:05PM
    KevinG said:
    Good news free leccy from Octopus for 2 hours tomorrow, bad news 0.33 O’s
    During which time my highest rate is 1.617p/kWh and most of it is negative, so it will be of no benefit to me. There is a common misconception about these free sessions, it's not free electricity, it's free extra electricity, i.e. above what you would normally use. Anyway I got a glorious 0.16 Os today, so nothing to write home about.
    These sessions were great whilst I was still on IOF, as they'd pay for a free charge of the battery in addition to any extra electricity actually used regardless of whether the battery charged or not, at the unit rate of ~22.3p so I'd typically get around £2.50-£3.00 for each hour long session. And for the two hour sessions, they paid double! I think I received around £5.90 for the last two hour session on IOF before I switched for winter, which was a nice payout for doing nothing. Thank you Octopus.

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  • KevinG
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    NedS said:
    KevinG said:
    Good news free leccy from Octopus for 2 hours tomorrow, bad news 0.33 O’s
    During which time my highest rate is 1.617p/kWh and most of it is negative, so it will be of no benefit to me. There is a common misconception about these free sessions, it's not free electricity, it's free extra electricity, i.e. above what you would normally use. Anyway I got a glorious 0.16 Os today, so nothing to write home about.
    These sessions were great whilst I was still on IOF, as they'd pay for a free charge of the battery in addition to any extra electricity actually used regardless of whether the battery charged or not, at the unit rate of ~22.3p so I'd typically get around £2.50-£3.00 for each hour long session. And for the two hour sessions, they paid double! I think I received around £5.90 for the last two hour session on IOF before I switched for winter, which was a nice payout for doing nothing. Thank you Octopus.

    I've never had more than 1p!
    2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.
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