I think this was the original idea, to attempt to spread loads so the peak
times are not so much of a peak any more.
Brian

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I know many folk are suspicious of the potential for remote control of
their power supplies and potential for malicious hacking but having one
does enable some interesting power tariffs.

I'm currently on Octopus Agile which bills you according to half-hourly
electricity rates. Yesterday these rates varied from a peak of about 32p
per kWhr between 4pm and 7pm to under a penny per kWhr through most of the
night.

This tariff isn't going to suit everyone by any means but if you have a
significant amount of power consumption that you can time shift, you can
make big gains by doing so. In my case, we ran our dishwashers and
charged
my car overnight for next to nothing.

Downside? Well, cooking the evening meal is the biggest issue as we have a
fan oven but fortunately we haven't ditched our gas hob yet so we can
still
cook. Judging by other Agile customers' comments, even if you do end up
cooking at peak rates bills still seem to be lower due to the variable
rates.

So, smart meters aren't all bad. They do have their uses.

Tim

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