[meldrewreborn]

@Andyaero

I’m not doing this, but is the same time period used each occasion, so that over time your “normal level” of consumption gets ever lower?

[Andyaero]

There will be an element of that simply because I'm cutting back every hour, everyday and my usage is consistently around £4.50 a day, £6 Sat/Sun.
But the Energy shifts have been different days Tues-Thu but always either 17-18 or 17.30-18.30.

[Actual]

Originally Posted by Andyaero

So, we've had 4 of these now, every time I've switched everything off and gone out, food shop, pub, gym, somewhere. First one was £9.31, then £4.21, then £1.72, then nothing as didn't hit my 40% reduction, only 23%. Not sure how I could do anymore as, everything is off and still didn't hit target, so something is flawed. Kind of lost my enthusiasm, as the reward is rapidly declining despite me hitting the same use, ie virtually nothing.

I have now received my results for the Thursday 1/12 Energy Shift.

There has been some improvement with the process because the email now states which Energy Shift is being reported but there is still no explanation for how the result is calculated.

01/12 Earn around £1.79, typical usage 1.41 kWh, target usage 0.85 kWh, actual usage 0.647 kWh. Result is FAIL = CON

OK, on this occasion I was not trying to smash it like previous attempts were I also failed but according to Bright I easily passed but once again Eon tells me I failed.

My property has a 100 Amp fuse so we can sink 22 kW at maximum and that is my target for the next all and future energy shifts.

Eon Energy Shift is a big CON.

[Andyaero]

@ActualYoure gonna try and use 22kW in the hour? That's 2 days worth for me. Doesn't that mean you're the only loser?

[Actual]

Originally Posted by Andyaero

@ActualYoure gonna try and use 22kW in the hour? That's 2 days worth for me. Doesn't that mean you're the only loser?

Sorry, it is just my frustration talking.

I would not be using energy unnecessarily but I could shift my use and charge 2 electric vehicles during the critical hour. I don't think I could use 22 kW even if I turned on everything I own.

I did read in a tabloid that an Xbox uses a lot of power even on standby and if Switzerland goes into special power measures then all use of gaming consoles will be banned and also watching HD TV.

[Tiffer]

Something not quite right in EON.Next land. I had an Energy Shift target for 17.00 - 19.00 on 12th Dec to reduce from usual 2.08kWh to 1.66kWh (reduction of 0.42kWh). I turned ASHP and other things off. Meter readings (off Smart display) with photos showed I used only 1.00kWh. So I should have been well in the savings range. However, the results email told me I was a failure (well known fact to many in the household). Just in case the timing was out I dropped usage to 500W for 30mins before and after the time slot as well. Maybe the person driving the calculator thinks we have to hit the 'reduce by' amount to hit the target? Pah.

[Actual]

@Tiffer

Did you participate in previous Eon Energy Shifts and what was your experience for those?

So far I was told that I failed 3 events where I am sure that I passed and then for 2 other events where I was offered £4.05 in total I have managed to earn £19.21

I have requested that someone involved in running the scheme could come on and explain how they calculate the pass and fail.

Could there be a formula error in a Excel spreadsheet?

[Tiffer]

I have participated in two previous 'Shifts'. The first successfully (£5, like you this was a bit more than I expected) the second not. I expected the 2nd to also be successful so when I failed I made sure I captured photo records of usage for the latest on the 12th. I do suspect that there is an error in their process. I wonder if they are mixing up meter MPAN details or do just have a logic error in the spreadsheet (or the abacus beads are frozen to their rails 😁). It would be good to get a comment from someone at EON. When the Results email arrived I resorted to a low score in the 'nailed it' feedback, with an explanation.

[Tiffer]

I think their Abacus beads are frozen to the rails. https://community.eonnext.com/thread...ll=1#post27049

[Andyaero]

Bit of an odd one this. The initial email said reduce your usage by 40% and earn up to £1.85. We went out, turned everything bar the fridge and freezer off and reduced usage by 96%, giving us £8.32.
The results do seem a bit hit and miss, but I'm starting to view these targets less as an energy saving scheme and more as a pub contributory event.