• Meron35@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    How are electricity rates set in the UK? Some countries have companies that offer an off peak rate which can be zero during specific hours of the day.

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      1 month ago

      You can get those here, but its normally cheaper overnight when I am not using anything and more expensive during the day when I am. There isn’t much I could load shift so it probably isn’t worth it.

      At some point looking to get solar and maybe a battery, the battery depends on the export rate as if only terrible rates are available it makes more sense to get a battery and possibly even cut off from the grid entirely as you still have a standing charge here even if you use nothing or only send energy back to the grid.