There is still plenty of opportunity to store and use green elec (when the grid is at its dirtiest) even in summer its just that unlike winter we are very very unlikely to hit the max generating capacity which is when the real winter saving sessions kick in.
I wonder if its more medium term though right now.
Its clearly worked in winter so remove the Sept-Mar restriction and make it a tool thats readily available all year. Just because its available doesn't mean they will use it.
I do wonder if we may see a few test sessions however, just to see what the demand and capabilities are.
Its probably harder for non battery people to save as much as in the winter sessions.
I think sooner or later the mass message of TOU tariffs should go out. The default really will need to switch to TOU with limited people on fixed unit pricing over time.
I would require all the large energy companies to have at least one TOU tariff with a clear target user base, and to back a say 1 year price guarantee similar to how water meters often have one.
Year 1 you make the switch and if in any month your bill would have been cheaper on a fixed cost tariff the difference gets refunded.
I would actually have the requirement that an independent company processes the data from smart meters and identifies the top 10% of each energy companies customers that would benefit from TOU.
This top 10% must be offered a TOU tariff by the energy company with the price guarantee.
I would bet a lot of the top savers would be older people at home pretty much 24/7, who are also far less likely to be the ones that would switch to TOU.
Anyway, slightly off topic
