Just had solar installed with a battery and wondered if eon do any sort of tarrif to allow battery charging at a low night rate?
Night time charging tarrif?
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Level 9225-08-23@LenCuff
I can almost assure you the answer will be no. That use of low rate electricity to charge the battery at night and give you the ability to 'timeshift', or pull power out by day to offset higher import charges by day is an absolute no-no. The idea is, the solar charges the battery by day if it is producing more power than your home is using, giving you that stored energy back at night when you need it. Charging from the grid at low rate and then potentially being in a position to sell that back during the day along with solar surplus is technically known as brown energy, or more commonly as 'gaming the system'. Most applications for FIT or SEG will be rejected if that is the way it has been designed.
Night time charging tariffs are for charging EVs, not home batteries.
Last edited by retrotecchie; 25-08-23 at 18:37.
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Level 625-08-23@retrotecchie the install I have WON'T allow the battery to ever feed the grid and I would hope they are all the same. Seems a bit wrong that you can charge a car on cheap rate but not a battery to run the house during the day until it goes flat!! -
Level 9125-08-23@retrotecchie
it would seem an intelligent use of the battery, particularly in winter when the sun is not so high or visible.
what if one had a battery not linked to solar?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 516-10-23@LenCuff What is said does not make sense. The electric companies may not be happy about this concept but the point is to balance the grid. If Ev and the doing away with gas boilers were to be even possible the home storage batteries is the way to go. At the moment you could charge an EV battery at night then sell the energy to the Grid. The Grid would not know the source..
I think home Batteries will be a bigger market than Solar or EV. So a decent low cost charging will have to apply.. Running your home or charging a car from a Home Battery makes a lot of sense. -
Level 516-10-23@LenCuff Hi as EON and other companies are now selling Solar and Batteries they will have to give better rates
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