From:  Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Date:  28 Oct 2024 05:26:03 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/uk.d-i-y
Subject:  

Re: Smart meter versus Economy 7 (was Re: heat pumps anyone ?)

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alan_m  wrote:
> On 27/10/2024 13:26, Chris Green wrote:
> 
> > We have a plug-in hybrid that we charge overnight at the
> > (old-fashioned) Economy 7 rate.  The hours for cheap rate are fixed,
> > as is the price.
> > 
> > As I understand it if we changed to a smart meter we'd get cheap
> > electricity (possibly a little bit cheaper) overnight but only some
> > nights and not necessarily the same hours every night.  For charging
> > our car that's useless.
> 
> Octopus have two tariffs for EVs
> 
> 5 hours - fixed hours 0:30 to 5:30
> 8.5p/kWh for the 5 hours, otherwise 26.72p/kWh (postcode dependant)
> 
> 6 hours - 7p/kWh but controlled(??) after 11:30pm by Octopus, otherwise 
> 26.72p/kWh
> 
> https://octopus.energy/ev-tariffs/
> 
Is that EV only, or can one use it for other things?

-- 
Chris Green
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