Preparing for Winter V

Primrose

Dreaming. We seem to have worked for similar organisations!Before I  left my role , I wrote up a detailed operations  manual for my successor so she would ease her way into the job more easily. Miss Clever Cloggs however decided she would do things "her way" and threw everything out of the window.  Things soon went awry and I kept getting phone calls asking for help about problems they had got into.  She didn't  last long apparently, not having realised that often procedures are put in place for a reason !  

Anyway back on topic   - has anybody been able to sign up yet for the new National Grid rebates yet for avoiding early evening hours? I've  read electricity is at its most expensive then and wonder how people can best adapt their usual practices to get the refund?  Wont apply to us as we don't have a smart meter but like other practices such cash avoidance it looks as if we,re slowly but inevitably being forced down the compliance route. 

cuddlymarm

OH got an email from BG yesterday evening asking us to sign up so we will see what happens today.

MrsCD

We're on E7 and don't have a smart meter, so we can't, afaik, sign up to the rebate scheme. We've cut back our energy consumption loads anyway, so I think we've already done our bit to help!

halfamo

I think the Scheme is for smart meter users only. We are with eon and have done a few of the 'energy shifts' and its generally challenging you to reduce it by a percentage of the power you usually use at that time . So far the most money paid to us at one go has been about £1.20 IIRC  for managing to meet the criteria  at a peak time recently there was a 20p and a 50p one .  If your energy company isnt offering it, I think you can do it via the loop energy app on your phone (works with your smart meter) but I cant vouch for the payments as we havent needed to use it for them. It is very good at letting you see where things need tweaking though. They arent expecting you to use less over the day, just in the hours given

dreaming

I looked at this scheme as I have a smart meter and my provider participates but I'm guessing that as most of my usage is during the day (as I have solar panels)  I would not be selected for it. I think it may just shift usage to other times of the day but I suppose that's a good thing.

Floss

dreaming said:

I looked at this scheme as I have a smart meter and my provider participates but I'm guessing that as most of my usage is during the day (as I have solar panels)  I would not be selected for it. I think it may just shift usage to other times of the day but I suppose that's a good thing.

You should be able to opt in on your providers website, not just wait for selection.

YoungBlueEyes

The 2nd story on this page made me giggle. Actually the first story would prolly apply to a few people too! 😁

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/lifestyle/womans-hobby-is-buying-all-the-stuff-for-new-hobby-20230124230807

dreaming

Floss said:

dreaming said:

I looked at this scheme as I have a smart meter and my provider participates but I'm guessing that as most of my usage is during the day (as I have solar panels)  I would not be selected for it. I think it may just shift usage to other times of the day but I suppose that's a good thing.

You should be able to opt in on your providers website, not just wait for selection.

Thanks Floss - it seems that my provider (OVO) is only trialling it with a few customers, but apparently it is possible to sign up with a third party provider so will look into that a bit more.

YorksLass

Primrose said:

Anyway back on topic   - has anybody been able to sign up yet for the new National Grid rebates yet for avoiding early evening hours? I've  read electricity is at its most expensive then and wonder how people can best adapt their usual practices to get the refund?  Wont apply to us as we don't have a smart meter but like other practices such cash avoidance it looks as if we,re slowly but inevitably being forced down the compliance route. 

YoungBlueEyes said:

The 2nd story on this page made me giggle. Actually the first story would prolly apply to a few people too! 😁

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/lifestyle/womans-hobby-is-buying-all-the-stuff-for-new-hobby-20230124230807

@Primrose - Like you, we don't have a smart meter either (not able to have one fitted) so can't participate, but the cynic in me tends to agree with you about the inevitable compulsion element.  We're already frugal with everything, including energy usage, anyway.

@Young@YoungBlueEyes - Giggle of The Day indeed.  

YoungBlueEyes

Aye it’s quite a funny site. There’s a bit of cursing on it sometimes, just a warning 🙂