Electricity tariffs/Prices

[Foregoneconclusion]

At these rates it's becoming more cost effective to plaster buildings with solar and have dsl genny back up?

My current bill for milking shed etc is 1400 a month on 15 and 12. Steady all year round..

If my rates go to those being discussed above it's going to hurt big time!!

Time to get the abacus out to check on costs of generating my own with solar n dsl..

 

[Rookie]

Decided to go variable.
20.316 pu and 23.77 standing charge.
Believe this is controlled by Energy cap so shouldn't increase until March, hopefully quietened down by then.

Think energy cap only applies to domestic users, not business users?

 

[Scholsey]

Signed with British Gas via a broker . 1 Year contract

Day 30.44p

Night 22.88p

Standing 34.69p

Not happy, double current price, but had to do something.

29.57 day 26.62 night 23p SC with edf via NFU, 1 year fixed

Was on 17.1day 12.5 night

 

[Roger Perry]

29.57 day 26.62 night 23p SC with edf via NFU, 1 year fixed

Was on 17.1day 12.5 night

Geez, we hear on the news how high energy prices are in GB/EU.................shocking.

 

[DaveGrohl]

At these rates it's becoming more cost effective to plaster buildings with solar and have dsl genny back up?

My current bill for milking shed etc is 1400 a month on 15 and 12. Steady all year round..

If my rates go to those being discussed above it's going to hurt big time!!

Time to get the abacus out to check on costs of generating my own with solar n dsl..

And then you get to sell your excess PV at silly money. No-brainer.

 

[pappuller]

At these rates it's becoming more cost effective to plaster buildings with solar and have dsl genny back up?

My current bill for milking shed etc is 1400 a month on 15 and 12. Steady all year round..

If my rates go to those being discussed above it's going to hurt big time!!

Time to get the abacus out to check on costs of generating my own with solar n dsl..

We have a firm coming tomorrow, new robot shed going up next week could have 50kw panels on it by Christmas

 

[had e nuff]

House is 19.7p and 31p SC. Locked in until end july 23. Low usage

 

[Lincsman]

If you have panels fitted and hook a genny in parallel with them at what price does it pay to supply the grid?

 

[Courier]

Edit................ Sh** Contract never came through, think prices have been pulled, start again on Monday.Not impressed.

Just Phoned NFU energy 024 7669 8885

Quoted 21.59p day 14.94p night 31p standing, 12 months with E ON .Hope I've signed up just waiting for contract by email'
Don't trust my hearing but I got him to repeat twice.

Called British gas who we are currently with to try and beat them down, no movement at all from letter price, see above.

Did you have the BG offer letter which promised an extra 10% discount for renewing online ?
Only to be told that any online renewals have been pulled even though it is there in black and white !!

 

[Water Wheel]

Did you have the BG offer letter which promised an extra 10% discount for renewing online ?
Only to be told that any online renewals have been pulled even though it is there in black and white !!

Can't see a mention of 10% for on line renewal
The BG prices in letter were Day 39p ,Night 34.4p 47.9 P/ day
Edit. Not sure if thats before or after 7 % DD discount.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Quoted via google

The bottom line is you cannot allow solar panels and a generator to work in parallel. They must be electrically isolated at all times. If solar inverters “see” voltage from a generator, they will attempt to sync with the generator and backfeed power to it. Any time solar production exceeds loads in the building, solar inverters attempt to send power to the utility grid. As a huge “battery” of sorts, the grid can handle this small amount of backfeed. Typical residential standby generators cannot.

I have a drop out switch that kills the solar when the power drops off, as the genny auto starts.

 

[Fogg]

That was an oversight I made when I installed PV. You'd get a power cut, the genny and changeover would kick in, the PV would sync to the genny, hit it with 150kw, and it'd try to turn its alternator backwards. I had to hastily put in resettable contactors that isolate the PV whenever there's a loss of mains.

That said, the DNO did an upgrade on the system locally, and insisted the only time they could get it done was in the middle of summer at the back end of the cycle. We were at peak demand electricity wise. I did reboot the PV to take the stress off the genny, but was carefully mananaging it by only turning on a few of the strings at a time and making sure draw remained comfortably above whatever the PV was contributing.

I was glad when that day was over.

 

[chickens and wheat]

I put an internet smart switch on the drop out, so i can switch back on using a phone app. Handy if you test the genny,

 

[le bon paysan]

Geez, we hear on the news how high energy prices are in GB/EU.................shocking.

 

[Courier]

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Britain, winning again….

 

[Scholsey]

spoke to opus and they arent even offering contracts to anyone ending before april, variable rate is fixed at 40p day 29p night for next 6 months.

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What’s changed for price to be dropping?

 

[le bon paysan]

spoke to opus and they arent even offering contracts to anyone ending before april, variable rate is fixed at 40p day 29p night for next 6 months.


What’s changed for price to be dropping?

Its not it's a slight steady increase on the continent.
France has lots of nuclear, it's an exporter.
UK is short of gas , electric and fuel in general.
EDF is majority owned by the French state, keeps a lid on the cost here and makes up by charging more for exports.
Thanks by the way

 

[Courier]

spoke to opus and they arent even offering contracts to anyone ending before april, variable rate is fixed at 40p day 29p night for next 6 months.


What’s changed for price to be dropping?

Peaks and troughs on a graph showing a definitive upward trend .

 

[Fogg]

It's a weird state of affairs. Though this hasn't happened, yet, I could have been in a situation where I'd be exporting suplus PV at 5.7p / kw, it could cloud over and find myself buying it back for 40p/kw.

How the hell the energy producers have managed to turn the entire country into a sellers' market with all of us over a barrel when our contracts expire is a testament to an epic lack of foresight by the powers that be.

 

[Courier]

Just done 3 years with BG at 22.47 per unit after DD.
Might be right might be wrong ….