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Not EVs, most charge at night. It’s the cold weather. Electric heaters etc.Can someone educate me into why demand has increased? Is it to do with EVs or something else?
Not EVs, most charge at night. It’s the cold weather. Electric heaters etc.Can someone educate me into why demand has increased? Is it to do with EVs or something else?
indeed and currently wind producing less than usual today - which is why even tho wind plays a vital part in our energy generation it cant do it alone (not without a truck ton of storage anyway)Not EVs, most charge at night. It’s the cold weather. Electric heaters etc.
£4 per unit tomorrow tooOctopus signup for tomorrow is on website if you havent had the email yet
So how does this thing work for you guys? Is there a base use you have to target or is it vs your normal 5-6pm usage?
I just cut down on making coffee during the periods, making a bomb at the moment, 69p and counting!
A little bit of coal power has been switch on. Currently fulfilling 2% of demand
the octopus women on pm said 400K people participated - up 35%
... and, at 6pm, gave some useless comment they were expecting to save the amount of electricity that Glasgow would typically use, so no hard reduction figures.
This is the way energy charging is heading.
Higher peak time costs will steer people to use energy at less intensive times.
No one with an EV will be home charging from 4-8pm, unless for an emergency situation, or, you're happy paying LOL pricing.
We already do. I used to live in Edinburgh and the petrol stations on the main routes in and out of town would put the prices up in the morning and evening rush hours!That'll help EV sales, would you buy a fossil fuel car where you can't refill it for anything like the normal base price between 4 to 8 PM?
I wouldn’t buy a fossil car full stop - Get that nasty tail pipe pollution off our streets !That'll help EV sales, would you buy a fossil fuel car where you can't refill it for anything like the normal base price between 4 to 8 PM?
...and you CANNOT guarantee that your electricity is coming from a green source!I wouldn’t buy a fossil car full stop - Get that nasty tail pipe pollution off our streets !
Plugging an EV in when you get home and allowing the system to work out the best time to charge it, based on your SOC and cost preferences, is really no hassle. You will wake up with it charged regardless of when the charge starts.
It still has less impact if run on 100% coal electricity so that’s a moot point. (We don’t run anything remotely like that btw, it’s over 50% renewable and nuclear)...and you CANNOT guarantee that your electricity is coming from a green source!
Green? PMSL!... and nuclear ...
Carbon free and low GWP energy source. Coal/gas it is not.Green? PMSL!
nope i will just stick with my diesel which i can fill up from home........................... never!.That'll help EV sales, would you buy a fossil fuel car where you can't refill it for anything like the normal base price between 4 to 8 PM?
but you can guarantee that petrol and diesel cars are NOT coming from a green source....and you CANNOT guarantee that your electricity is coming from a green source!