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According to gridwatch.co.uk, at the time of posting, wind is producing 3 per cent and solar 1 per cent of the UK's power demand.0
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As much as that? Good job the UK has not made a gigantic investment in massive wind turbines. You never see any about, do you? Oh…wait…0
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Does the current price affect the upcoming review of the price cap or has that largely been decided based on historical pricing? Is it set by a kind of 'pools panel' of experts or will it be set based on real world data/pricing at a point in the near future?
How much higher does the wholesale price need to rise before some of the current fix deals start to become attractive options.0 -
AIUI, it's the 6 months up to and including January, which will decide April 22 cap.How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0
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The April 2021 price cap will be based on wholesale prices from August 2020 to January 2021. The current prices will be included in that calculation.Ant555 said:Does the current price affect the upcoming review of the price cap or has that largely been decided based on historical pricing? Is it set by a kind of 'pools panel' of experts or will it be set based on real world data/pricing at a point in the near future?
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.0 -
New record high of 374p today at ICE, this time last year it was at 49p.
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Nordpool is back up to 40p/kWh for tomorrow, too. I'm glad I'm not paying spot prices!wakeupalarm said:New record high of 374p today at ICE, this time last year it was at 49p.
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1 -
It's not just spot prices though, delivery for summer 22 and winter 22 are in the 230p range atm. At this rate next year is going to be really really bad.2
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The haemorrhaging of energy companies seems to have stopped…for now0
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DiseasedBunny said:The haemorrhaging of energy companies seems to have stopped…for nowThat's true, I don't think we've had one go bust since Zog on the 1st? That's almost three weeks!Of course there's still time before Christmas
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1
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