On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 18:40:35 UTC+1, tim... wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 11:18:05 UTC+1, tim... wrote:
"Nick Odell" wrote in message
news Apologies if this has already been discussed and I missed it.

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


the meters might

I can't for one minute seeing the politician allow it.

A tariff which changes without notice cannot possibly change user
behaviour,
and that is the only possible reason for having differential charging.

tim

I can't see multi-rate charging being anything but inevitable. It reduces
the cost price per kWh for both generation & distribution, so it'll
happen.

if that saving is passed onto the consumer

obviously that's not what motivates electricity companies or governments

Of course it'll be marketed as a user money saving scheme, and of course
the total cost will be greater not less.

if that's the case then the regulator wont allow it

what's so hard to understand

why you think that

tim


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