On 27/05/2017 21:18, DJC wrote:
On 27/05/17 01:47, wrote:
On Friday, 26 May 2017 18:17:26 UTC+1, Steve Walker wrote:
On 26/05/2017 10:42, tim... wrote:


"michael adams" wrote in message
o.uk...

Long term Govt wise it also offers the possibility of energy
rationing - only so many Kw or BTU or whatever, per household
or per individual(per household) per day.

But that's hardly fair if you have electric heating.

When I has SR I used to use 18,000 units a year (and that was to keep
the house barely warm), now in a property without them 2,500. Where do
you set the limit that actually imposes some restriction on people who
only use electric for their lighting/entertainment equipment that
doesn't make life completely unbearable for people with electric
heating?

It's all very well saying insulate better and change to gas, but not
all
properties are suitable for that (the one in question wasn't)

tim

And what of those with electric showers; children who come home from
school with a filthy blazer that has to be washed, dried and ironed
ready for the next morning; that work from home and have PCs/servers
running; no longer work, so at home all day; have an electric car to
charge; use electric oven and hob - the list is endless.

SteveW

C'mon, we all know they won't limit it, what they'll do is extract
more money from folks that don't obey the not-really-limit.


Rather like the Italian system, you get a special low price on an
installation limited to 5kW, go over that and the smart meter cuts the
supply so you need to reset it. If you want more than 5kW you pay a
higher tariff.
In practice that means in my Italian apartment the washing machine and
water heater can run concurrently but putting on the dishwasher at the
same time is likely (if all the heaters come on at the same time) to cut
the lot.

France has a similar system. And to my personal knowledge has had at
least since 1990, but could be much longer.

SteveW