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Originally Posted by Chris
that plus I guess we have quite a lot of stuff that just runs and drains power 24x7   |
This is why I tend to save on Agile and/or Go.
My usage is suprisingly steady across the whole 24 hours.
In winter it slightly increases overnight as one room has an electric heater.
Most of the time my 30 minute slots are around 0.3 - 0.4 Kwh used.
There are slight spikes in the morning at 7-9am (about 0.55 Kwh), 12pm (0.6 Kwh) and 4.30pm, 6pm & 7pm (0.6 Kwh per slot).
I'm saving money over SVT whenever the 1/2 hour rate is less than 24.2p, which is most of the day (except 4-7pm) now Agile is back to how it generally works .
It also saves over Go for the 19 hours that runs at its higher rate (25.4p). The Go low rate (8.5p for 5 hours) is usually better than 'Agile' (but not always).
The result is that thay are often close to each other in cost, and some days Go wins, on other days Agile wins. When Agile wins it often wins well.
A small example, since I switched back to Agile from Go (on 22nd Jan).
I have saved £4.94 over SVT, and £2.75 over Go (despite the fact Go was fractionally better for half the days).
It will be interesting to see what happens to Go after April, as its current higher rate will almost certainly be less than the new SVT rate.
Its current rates have not changed since Oct 2022.