Demand Flexibility Service 2023 (and beyond!)

Spoonie_Turtle

Yet they expect a much higher take-up this time round - perhaps they're hoping the wider audience will outweigh the ones who'll not think it worth the effort.

QrizB

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Yet they expect a much higher take-up this time round - perhaps they're hoping the wider audience will outweigh the ones who'll not think it worth the effort.

I participated last time and my total returns over the entire winter were under £2.

I'm planning on participating this time, too. It's not the money, it's the challenge.

Spoonie_Turtle

QrizB said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Yet they expect a much higher take-up this time round - perhaps they're hoping the wider audience will outweigh the ones who'll not think it worth the effort.

I participated last time and my total returns over the entire winter were under £2.

I'm planning on participating this time, too. It's not the money, it's the challenge.

Fair enough.  If it were just me, or with the addition of a similarly-minded partner, I'd probably feel similarly (and would enjoy feeling like I'm contributing to an effort for a purpose, too).

MultiFuelBurner

I have not read the docs but will the suppliers  come up with something fancy at their end if uptake is low?

If they bid and get £3 per kWh saved its in their interest to make it worthwhile?

Or perhaps I have that all wrong.

TheElectricCow

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Yet they expect a much higher take-up this time round - perhaps they're hoping the wider audience will outweigh the ones who'll not think it worth the effort.

I get the impression there’s going to be a lot more publicity this time around with a bigger “marketing” push for the scheme, with participating suppliers also now being required to promote the scheme. If I recall, each supplier will, as a minimum, have to have a dedicated webpage for DFS with further communications to consumers strongly encouraged. 

Whether or not that’ll actually get more people involved is hard to tell - supposedly people making full use of the IDA were a minority to begin with but with the rewards now being unaltered many from last year might well not bother.

I’ll probably still give it a go myself where possible, but as a low user with minimal use over peak times anyway I’m not expecting more than around 30p per event on a good day.

dealyboy

I've never been invited 

MultiFuelBurner

On this subject I noticed something not ticked on my smart meter preferences with Octopus so I ticked it knowing it's probably essential for this DFS scheme.

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TheElectricCow said:

I’ll probably still give it a go myself where possible, but as a low user with minimal use over peak times anyway I’m not expecting more than around 30p per event on a good day.

Yes that is where I am at for this winter.  For a couple of quid I bust a gut last year, but for pennies meeh.  And if we only get to know on the day, it is a little difficult to re-gig my largest leccy usage at peak-time (cooking) if stuff is being defrosted for the meal according to menu for the day.  No big deal.  Some of us over at Eon Next got a taste of these new conditions at the latter part of last winter wnen the event reward parameters were changed by the company.   

Lorian

DFS, i guess the sale is over?

If the energy company has a successful bid at a higher unit rate than they pass on to their participants then they make money - that would be somewhat at odds with them trying to market the sessions under the guise of a service message to customers.

Even at the "enhanced" rates possible last year I'm sure a lot of people would have generated disharmony amongst family. For pennies I suspect uptake won't be what they are expecting.

MultiFuelBurner

Lorian said:

DFS, i guess the sale is over?

If the energy company has a successful bid at a higher unit rate than they pass on to their participants then they make money - that would be somewhat at odds with them trying to market the sessions under the guise of a service message to customers.

Even at the "enhanced" rates possible last year I'm sure a lot of people would have generated disharmony amongst family. For pennies I suspect uptake won't be what they are expecting.

I doubt it costs them nothing to run these events so some will be running costs.

But yes as said earlier.in.the post I expect they will add some.enticements.along.with.the pennies.