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Level 6414-10-22I'm an Eon Next dual fuel customer with no particular expertise but have some time on my hands that I am using to try and help out a bit.
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Level 514-10-22Ovo and Octopus energy customers could get £100 for using power at off-peak times
Customers of Ovo and Octopus with smart meters can get money back for using energy outside peak hours, as part of new schemes meant to help cut the risk of blackouts this winter -
Level 8214-10-22Works out at £2 a day for up to 50 days over the winter period. You could probably save almost as much by not using any extra electric blankets
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Level 7914-10-22@retrotecchie
Could is the operative word. It’s not the same as will, is t?
I presume this is being dangled as yet another carrot to get a smart meter People are being bribed with their own money.Current Eon Next and EDF customer, ex Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless. -
Level 8215-10-22You mean people being bribed with the extra money we all pay on our bills towards the overly expensive and mostly failed rollout of an already flaky system that will be completely obsolete by 2032 and is already no longer working in areas where the phone companies have already switched off their 3G service?
Or am I just being a cynical old Hector? -
Level 4115-10-22I'm always baffled how easily the masses are drawn into these schemes and ideas these days.
Let's suppose a double electric blanket costs £50, wouldn't it be better for the customer to have £50 credited to their energy account, or send them a duvet so they can 'double up'?
Energy companies know that if they send you an electric blanket, you'll plug it in and use it. It's unlikely it'll save on your heating bills because as people get out of their now warmer snug bed, they'll probably feel the cold a bit more everywhere else in the house, so the heating goes on. -
Level 8215-10-22@Andy65
I'm just glad I'm not heating my home using either electricity or gas. I keep the place at a nice comfortable 16°C during the day and a cooler 14°C at night.
Despite the increase in oil prices, heating my home with heating oil is costing me just a shade under 7p per kWh and no daily standing charges. Unless you have access to free firewood for a log burner, heating oil is currently the cheapest way to heat your house and get hot water.
76% of the population in my area use heating oil as we are not on the gas grid. Sure, we nearly had heart attacks back in February if we wanted to buy oil, but since April we've been quids in. I did some back of envelope calculations and having oil is saving me almost £200 a year compared to what I'd be paying for gas, much more now the caps have gone up.
And all those who went down the heat pump route are possibly regretting it now, with electricity costing what it does.
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