Andrew wrote:
On 22/05/2021 21:19, Tim+ wrote:
wrote:
Spain is not often noted for leading the way but their new pricing for
electricity, which has three price periods per 24 hrs, and includes
weekends, seems better than the UK's E7 system.


Well maybe, but smart meters as being installed in the UK allow a lot more
flexibility. Spain are a bit ahead of the game in rolling out smart
meters.


This along with proposed surge pricing (for periods of high demand which
could have had user agreed load shedding) was the great opportunity that
the UK government managed to waste with the superfluous (and entirely
passive) smart meters.


Superfluous? How to the the Spanish electricity meters know when and how
much power is being consumed throughout the day unless theyre also to a
degree €œsmart€�?

We have all the tech to make it work here and its got nothing to do with
the government, its down to the power companies utilising the data
available to them, like Octopus have done with their Agile tariff.

Tim


Except that that tariff seems to have become much less advantageous if
the 18-month chart of max, min and average rates is correct.


Indeed! I jumped ship to Octopus Go as frankly the Agile tariff was getting
too punitive. I was just making the point that we can do variable tariffs
here in the UK and that Spain isnt doing something new.

Tim

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