"tim..." wrote in message
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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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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

Thats not true. Yes, most will chose to not vary the time that they
cook dinner or boil the jug to make some tea, but plenty will change
the time that they do other less time critical stuff like run the dishwasher
and washing machine.

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?

No, but you may well choose to run the dishwasher and washing machine
at other than the time when everyone is cooking their dinner etc,
particularly
when its so easy to tell the dishwasher to only run after say 1am etc.