Octopus Agile

matt_drummer

wrf12345 said:

"What will you do if you get a BUS for an ASHP, surely your consumption will rise and then SC will seem much a lower %age."
Grant would be for solar plus heat pump, but one problem at a time, please...

Where do you get a grant for solar panels from?

Netexporter

matt_drummer said:

wrf12345 said:

"What will you do if you get a BUS for an ASHP, surely your consumption will rise and then SC will seem much a lower %age."
Grant would be for solar plus heat pump, but one problem at a time, please...

Where do you get a grant for solar panels from?

I got a heat pump and solar panels free on the ECO4 scheme. Octopus now paying me, until the mid-winter months.

matt_drummer

Netexporter said:

matt_drummer said:

wrf12345 said:

"What will you do if you get a BUS for an ASHP, surely your consumption will rise and then SC will seem much a lower %age."
Grant would be for solar plus heat pump, but one problem at a time, please...

Where do you get a grant for solar panels from?

I got a heat pump and solar panels free on the ECO4 scheme. Octopus now paying me, until the mid-winter months.

Where does the money come from to pay for this stuff?

Any of it from standing charges or council tax?

Netexporter

I've almost certainly paid more in CT and standing charges, over my lifetime, than the installation cost, so my conscience is clear. Also, I'm adding 30kWh of batteries, so I can support the grid during the evening peak.

matt_drummer

Netexporter said:

I've almost certainly paid more in CT and standing charges, over my lifetime, than the installation cost, so my conscience is clear. Also, I'm adding 30kWh of batteries, so I can support the grid during the evening peak.

I wasn't suggesting anything of the sort.

Although I purchased my battery storage to reduce my energy costs, quite admirable investing so much just to support the grid during evening peaks.

I was more surprised that another poster who is quite vocal in their opposition to the level of standing charges and council tax might be prepared to take advantage of such a scheme.

It seems a bit hypocritical?

Anyway, never mind, probably best back to Octopus Agile.

QrizB

matt_drummer said:

Netexporter said:

matt_drummer said:

wrf12345 said:

"What will you do if you get a BUS for an ASHP, surely your consumption will rise and then SC will seem much a lower %age."
Grant would be for solar plus heat pump, but one problem at a time, please...

Where do you get a grant for solar panels from?

I got a heat pump and solar panels free on the ECO4 scheme. Octopus now paying me, until the mid-winter months.

Where does the money come from to pay for this stuff?
Any of it from standing charges or council tax?

ECO4 - phase 4 of the Energy Company Obligation (hence ECO4) whereby low-income households receive free energy efficiency improvements - is funded via electricity bills. It's part of the policy costs element, as included in the SVT and OFGEM cap.
There's a case for arguing that the costs of central government policy - "policy costs" - should be funded via general taxation rather than via a levy on energy bills, but we are where we are.

wrf12345

Actually, it would have been Eco4 Flex or now Local Grant, the former wanted extra dosh and the latter has not yet received funding - basically if you want free solar you have to have a heat pump as well and get rid of gas to make the EPC uptick work. The latter comes from central government funding which may or may not be recovered directly from energy bills but would not surprise me if they just "cancel" it as they do not have enough dosh do all they want to do. Again, having both solar and Agile takes the heat off the grid so seems to merit zero s/c tariff. Not that bothered at the moment as the combination of zero s/c tariffs and winter fuel payment, hopefully just before winter, should further lower my net energy costs and allow me to start recovering some of the money previously taken by the energy co's.

KevinG

Dragging the thread back on-topic, we have some lovely low rates tomorrow, including a brief negative at 3pm.

zxzxzx

KevinG said:

Dragging the thread back on-topic, we have some lovely low rates tomorrow, including a brief negative at 3pm.

….and cloud forecast to slow the solar in my neck of the woods so max out!!

Telegraph_Sam

KevinG said:

Dragging the thread back on-topic, we have some lovely low rates tomorrow, including a brief negative at 3pm.

Do you do some kind of a swings & roundabouts calculation? Someone once said there was no such thing as a free lunch. Or is Agile the exception?