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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Just look here, the less blue you see the more likely it is to be cheap.

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.

Correct.

[GrimUpNorth]

We get 16 hours free electricity every Sunday from 8am until midnight.