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Originally Posted by Stop It
It's also a terrible example and makes no point.
During peak time and times of high stress (Kettles during the world cup/Corrie specials come to mind) the National Grid has to put inefficient and expensive power plants into use (See here: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30545091) to meet demand. This results in higher bills, and is also why the Eco 7 tariff exists.
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Actually it's a brilliant example and you go on to define it perfectly for me. The National Grid
ENSURE they always have sufficient capacity
to deliver what you are paying for.
Or to put the current pointless willly-waving in perspective if VM ran the National Grid
"you will get
up to 750 volts, but in reality it will be no more than 240!"
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Originally Posted by Pierre
The windy mills will fix all that.
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That won't work either, it's always lovely warm and sunny in Scotland
