The myth of "Typical Usage" - the Green penalty

EssexHebridean

Spoonie_Turtle said:

[Deleted User] said:

58% day, 4200kWh is the cap calculation value iirc.

That doesn’t mean that a typical user consumes 4200kWh of electricity and nothing else though.

Thanks for the correction! 

I thought the purpose of Economy 7 was supposed to be for all-electric, to relieve some of the extra cost of space and water heating using electricity rather thsn gas?

Sometimes - in other cases like us it can be where it's impractical because of the building construction to install central heating though. And in some places where a mains gas supply can't be used, bottled gas is used for cooking but electricity for everything else. I imagine there may well be other scenarios in which E7 will work out better for people too.