Octopus Power-Ups, Free Electricity in East England

powerful_Rogue

Just had the email through. Looks like a great scheme. If you're in East England certainly worth looking to see if you can sign up. (UK Power Networks)

Another win for Smart Meters!

https://octopus.energy/power-ups/

NorfolkCanary

"When it’s time to Power up, use as much electricity as you like and it'll all be free – it’s a perfect time to do the hoovering, run your heat pump or immersion heater, run the dishwasher or washing machine, make dinner, you name it."

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Spoonie_Turtle

Like Agile but for all customers (in the right area), which is exactly what people were wanting last time there were significant plunges.

QrizB

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

[Deleted User]

QrizB said:

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

It is necessary but nevertheless it is a bizarre way of balancing a Grid, and it is likely to get ‘worse’ as more renewables come on stream. We have to find a better way of managing supply and demand. Sadly, the wind doesn’t blow as strong in the areas that need the power as it does on the coast. That said, I cannot see the residents of London supporting a wind farm on Hampstead Heath.

bristolleedsfan

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CSI_Yorkshire

[Deleted User] said:

QrizB said:

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

It is necessary but nevertheless it is a bizarre way of balancing a Grid, and it is likely to get ‘worse’ as more renewables come on stream. We have to find a better way of managing supply and demand. Sadly, the wind doesn’t blow as strong in the areas that need the power as it does on the coast. That said, I cannot see the residents of London supporting a wind farm on Hampstead Heath.

You have two choices for balancing.  Change the generation (what we normally do and why billions of pounds have been given to generators for doing nothing) or change the demand.

Make your choice.

[Deleted User]

CSI_Yorkshire said:

[Deleted User] said:

QrizB said:

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

It is necessary but nevertheless it is a bizarre way of balancing a Grid, and it is likely to get ‘worse’ as more renewables come on stream. We have to find a better way of managing supply and demand. Sadly, the wind doesn’t blow as strong in the areas that need the power as it does on the coast. That said, I cannot see the residents of London supporting a wind farm on Hampstead Heath.

You have two choices for balancing.  Change the generation (what we normally do and why billions of pounds have been given to generators for doing nothing) or change the demand.

Make your choice.

There are third and fourth choices - get the electricity to where it can be used (we are presently getting 24.1% of our electricity from gas) or get it into storage. Neither option would be cheap.

CSI_Yorkshire

Dolor said:

CSI_Yorkshire said:

Dolor said:

QrizB said:

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

It is necessary but nevertheless it is a bizarre way of balancing a Grid, and it is likely to get ‘worse’ as more renewables come on stream. We have to find a better way of managing supply and demand. Sadly, the wind doesn’t blow as strong in the areas that need the power as it does on the coast. That said, I cannot see the residents of London supporting a wind farm on Hampstead Heath.

You have two choices for balancing.  Change the generation (what we normally do and why billions of pounds have been given to generators for doing nothing) or change the demand.

Make your choice.

get the electricity to where it can be used

Not balancing.  That's constraint management.

[Deleted User] said:

CSI_Yorkshire said:

[Deleted User] said:

QrizB said:

NorfolkCanary said:

Great way to save energy and be efficient /s

Even with the sarcasm tag, it looks like you've completely misunderstood the reason for the scheme.
This isn't about "saving energy" or "being efficient" it's about balancing the grid and saving everybody money.

It is necessary but nevertheless it is a bizarre way of balancing a Grid, and it is likely to get ‘worse’ as more renewables come on stream. We have to find a better way of managing supply and demand. Sadly, the wind doesn’t blow as strong in the areas that need the power as it does on the coast. That said, I cannot see the residents of London supporting a wind farm on Hampstead Heath.

You have two choices for balancing.  Change the generation (what we normally do and why billions of pounds have been given to generators for doing nothing) or change the demand.

Make your choice.

get it into storage

Changing the demand.  Not a different option.

MaddyMay

So glad that I moved to Essex!

Chrysalis

more region differences, thanks for the link I registered my interested, so I will at least know if it ever comes to my area.