Soldato
Had one them too. Gave it away was so disappointed in it.
Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Thanks for that, I was looking to see what the standing rate changes were but couldn't see, at least from the initial announcements.So new price cap rates:
Electricity is 52p/kWh (from 28p) and standing charge now 46p/day (from 45p)
Gas is 15p/kWh (from 7p) and standing charge now 28p/day (from 27p).
The standing charge not going up brings the headline figure down a bit but that’s an 86% increase in electric and 114% gas unit costs. Absolutely grim.
And this is before the January rise…
it's strange, my sister has the exact same one and swore by it similar to @bigmike20vt above, doesn't work for us at all.
Soldato
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the battery is an important part of the puzzle at the moment. the "good" FIT has already been canned (and to be fair I get it. people were getting paid 50p+ per KW/h generated even if they used it themselves. not really sustainable esp as the price of the system has plummeted)
. either now you choose an agile tarif or you just sell back to the grid (for very little, I get 4.1p per KW/h) I would love "bank" my exported energy and then get it back from the grid when needed. I think some states in the US offer that. brilliant if you can get it but I can't imagine we will get offered that (but would love to be wrong).
Soldato
SEG payments are silly and the energy companies are exploiting it.
I agree, the prices paid back to solar exporters should move with the actual costs of the units at least, if not 1:1 parity.
Octopus seems to do this the best, they pay the best export via Agile.
Soldato
Tesla Energy Plan kind of works like this if you have a Tesla Powerwall.
You pay the same per unit as you get for exporting them from solar, so there is no penalty to using or exporting, and you can just use it without worrying about trying to optimise your life.
Expensive things to get the Powerwalls though.
Batteries are still just too expensive.
If you're planning to move in under 5 years it's a definite loss.
If you're planning to move in under 10 you'd need these prices to hold throughout
Associate
Rarely watch BBC. But the chap with the ofgem chap was interesting.
"More will need to be done from government."
"More will need to be done from government."
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yeah I would have liked a powerwall. I just couldn't afford it tbh (I do wish we had got bigger battery storage, maybe 3x 3.2kwh pylon batteries instead of 3x 2.4 kWh but it's a cost Vs benefit balancing act. also was aware that the batter may be a short term necessity assuming cars soon start to support V2H , V2G and will be able to soak up excess solar.
as for batteries still too expensive. I don't think so. I have a usable 6kwh per day of storage. which is free power if from solar or 7p kWh if from octopus go.
the battery was £2200 and has 10 year warranty but expected 25 years life
we are not planning on selling but if we did your surely add value to home
as for batteries still too expensive. I don't think so. I have a usable 6kwh per day of storage. which is free power if from solar or 7p kWh if from octopus go.
the battery was £2200 and has 10 year warranty but expected 25 years life
we are not planning on selling but if we did your surely add value to home
Man of Honour
With the prices set to rise more now has never been a better time to invest in solar and battery. As anything though it's always a risk, but from an ecological perspective if you're able to reduce your draw from the grid it can only be a good thing to try and generate as much as possible yourself. Of course it'll cause a stir for the grid in the long term if they're not providing 100% of the electricity, so a new business model will need to be explored if all households and businesses become over 50% self sufficient.
Just like there will be an eV tax at some point since they'll be missing out on it if everyone goes electric.
We've not gone for Tesla batteries, no point really, but I don't like Tesla so possibly might have tainted our decision!
Absolutely.
Id already have it if this was a forever home.
From BBC..
Analysts Cornwall Insight have revised their forecast for January's energy price cap to an eye-watering £5,386 a year.
What are the government going to do?i await lizz truss' next move
Permabanned
You can take it with you, you just an electrician to disconnect and wire it back in.
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At the rates they’ve announced today for our worse month (January) usage wise. It will cost us £309 for gas. £224 for electric.
Does anyone know the approx increase for January?
Does anyone know the approx increase for January?
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I’m seriously considering investing in solar panels and batteries now, can’t see these prices remotely going back down again now, just worry all installers just pushing their prices up as we speak lol.
5000-6500 seem to be the range of figures. But almost definitely up
You’re getting £400, what more do you want peasant…!
I think sainsburys offered the same to me, but it looked substantially more expensive than the variable rate.
I think I might plug those numbers in to my spreadsheet along with what a potential rise in January might be and see what's what.
My concern with fixing is that you're paying quite a bit over the unit costs now, which means the unit cost will have to increase significantly for the fixed tariff to be of better value in January.