Soldato
Surely renewables are now the main source of energy in the UK now. Where have these increased wholesale costs come from all of a sudden?
Surely renewables are now the main source of energy in the UK now. Where have these increased wholesale costs come from all of a sudden?
No, the largest source of our electricity is gas fired power stations and I already said why the costs are going up.
The wholesale price of gas and electricity tanked after the first lock down kicked in as economic activity and therefore demand decreased.
It’s been on the rise since.
The wholesale price of gas and electricity tanked after the first lock down kicked in as economic activity and therefore demand decreased.
It’s been on the rise since.
Yeah of course. Guess I'll just pay that one off payment then, I just bet it will happen again in a few months
If you only joined 2 or 3 months ago you will be using more energy than is covered by your payments. Fairly standard stuff but the energy company want you ideally to come out of the winter not owing them any money, then over the warmer months you pay more than you are using a build up a nice credit in your account ready for the winter.
https://gridwatch.co.uk/ allows you to look at current breakdown in how the uk is getting its energy. Interestingly, overnight its mostly from wind but b0rnsk8 is right in that we still have a high reliance on gas.
Caporegime
Whats the standing charge for Octopus Agile?
Soldato
Out of interest, what type of setup do you have?
We went to all electric from oil, at the time both the boiler and tank, as well as associated pipework would all have required replacement due to age, plus the tank was massive as you'd expect plus the hassle of oil deliveries and keeping an eye on the level etc, i couldnt be bothered with it all - i changed out to an electric system boiler and it is just fantastic by comparison, but with the obvious heavy electric usage.
I keep meaning to supplement it with a large ASHP which run up to 400-500% efficiency and would manage in about 95% of conditions so i understand - but with another property going through which ultimately we'll move to, i have never pushed the button to commit as they are extremely expensive.
Soldato
Everything is as we bought it at the moment:
2 large e7 storage heaters downstairs, 1 in the living room and 1 in the hallway.
Hot water tank with twin elements, 1 on e7 and the other is a booster.
Convectors in the bedrooms which we don't use.
It's all quite old, were going to look at getting something more modern in the future.
so is the app now working , and, any good
hadn't reallised bulb had had a free smathings hub+2 plugs joining option ... that would have been sweet.
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another energy source link - just the nuclears status
Caporegime
Couldn't get it to work, will try again when I have time. It's not really that important as the meter readings are sending every 30 minutes to bulb and you can see the usage there.
It does show how crazy our usage is at the moment. I blame the hot tub, electric heater, dehumidifier and tumble dryer.
Caporegime
Yea we only tumble dry towels and bedding really, it's not on every day. There's constantly an airer out fully stocked. Running the hot tub pumps for 30 minutes isn't cheap, I've seen the IHD show £0.64/hr. Then you have the heater running after the hot tub is finished to get it back up to 38c.
Soldato
Lie, ours is around that daily. WFH and home school doesn’t help either. Hot tub user here plus an EV. We re on the octopus go tariff, charge ev overnight and ensure hot tub cycle comes on overnight.
We tumble dry all of our clothes. Time is more important to us than a couple of quid a month which is what our heat pump dryer uses.
We tumble dry all of our clothes. Time is more important to us than a couple of quid a month which is what our heat pump dryer uses.
Caporegime
Our energy usage with a HT is about the same per month.
Soldato
Their website says you have to be brand new to bulb so I guess not unfortunately.
Ah ok thanks, looks like they're not coming out the cheapest anyway!
Soldato
After 3 cancelled appts to have a smart meter fitted because of covid, the engineer turned up today. The meter is outside in a box and as soon as he looked inside he said he couldn't fit a meter as there wasn't enough space. Said he gets this all the time and that they are looking at making something smaller to fit into the box but no idea when. Oh well, back to monthly readings.