On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 18:43:17 UTC+1, tim... wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 31/07/2018 11:20, Max Demian wrote:
On 30/07/2018 23:42, Nick Odell wrote:
Apologies if this has already been discussed and I missed it.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...tricity-every/


I don't see the point (other than to make more money) as, if you don't
know you are paying more for electricity, you can't change your usage.

Presumably the display on the smart meter will show the spot price, and
give a colour coded easy to read "Cheap, average, expensive" kind of quick
indication.

but 99% of the time you wont be able to do anything to change your usage
when the spot price changes

Are you going to stop the washing machine mid cycle, or stop cooking dinner,
or stop watching your favourite TV program, all on zero notice?

You are going to watch the weather forecast ****-fer-brains.
I 'spect there'll be special electricity price forecasts too.
I 'spect there'll be computer software soon to turn non-essential stuff off automatically if prices go up.