UK Energy Prices

[downquark1]

The government has to frame it as something they are giving to the public.

[Taf]

Originally Posted by Paul

Households could get free electricity for doing washing on sunny weekends.

First the "carrot mode": cheaper or free electricity at off-peak times to push the last of the "Luddites" into having a smart meter.

Then we will see "stick" mode: peak power periods become more expensive, training us to only use power at off-peak times. And those periods will be set by the power companies.

Once again, the belief is that we all work 9 to 5 jobs, Monday to Friday, as they believed when Work From Home became a thing.

[downquark1]

With a renewable grid the cheap times are set by the weather not the companies.

[Taf]

Originally Posted by downquark1

With a renewable grid the cheap times are set by the weather not the companies.

So when the sun goes in and the wind drops to a whisper, we will suddenly have no cheap or free power.

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Taf

So when the sun goes in and the wind drops to a whisper, we will suddenly have no cheap or free power.

Yes that's exactly how it works. I had free power over Easter because it was windy.

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