Energy Saving
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My electricity is supplied by EON. They've been trying to get customers to shift their power consumption to, presumably, times when there is less demand - usually mid-afternoon 1-3pm or 2-4pm. They set you a target of increasing your power consumption and pay you for each kilowatt that you use over your normal consumption. The payments vary - today it was 25p kWh.
Today -
"The next #PowerUp event will be on 28 April 2026 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM. Your target is to use 1% more electricity than you usually would during this time.
We're not saying use more energy for the sake of it, it's all about shifting your energy use to a different time. So, you could get some of your high energy chores done, like doing the laundry or using your dishwasher.
If you hit your target, we'll give you £0.25 credit for every extra kWh of electricity you use."
Tomorrow - they're paying 30p.
I've considered these offers to be a bit too much trouble to bother. I only use the washing machine on sunny days - and do a load early in the morning so that it can dry by the evening.. I'm not much of a cook and I don't have an oven so I won't be baking cakes!
However, today, I realised that this offer gives, effectively, free electricity since I pay 18.71 a kWh - so, I'm going to try to make use of it.
I did a load of washing after 2pm and pegged it out under cover in the log store. - the weather wasn't good enough to put it outside.
I also boiled the kettle several times and filled a couple of flasks - enough to not need to use the kettle again tonight.

If you have any bright ideas for energy shifting tomorrow afternoon, please let me know.
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 19-11-2021, 10:46 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 19-11-2021, 10:53 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Admin - 20-11-2021, 10:47 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 20-11-2021, 11:17 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Moth - 20-11-2021, 11:50 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 20-11-2021, 12:16 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 20-11-2021, 02:16 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by SarrissUK - 20-11-2021, 03:40 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Spec - 20-11-2021, 03:52 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 20-11-2021, 08:54 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Spec - 20-11-2021, 10:56 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by PyreneesPlot - 20-11-2021, 11:49 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Bren - 21-11-2021, 11:04 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 21-11-2021, 11:48 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 03-02-2022, 03:29 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by PyreneesPlot - 21-11-2021, 12:02 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 21-11-2021, 03:00 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 21-11-2021, 07:20 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 21-11-2021, 07:44 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Bren - 23-11-2021, 10:45 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 23-11-2021, 03:01 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 21-11-2021, 03:06 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 23-11-2021, 12:38 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 23-11-2021, 03:04 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 23-11-2021, 09:30 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 23-11-2021, 12:40 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Broadway - 23-11-2021, 03:35 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 23-11-2021, 04:59 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Bren - 23-11-2021, 05:26 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by SarrissUK - 25-11-2021, 06:36 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 26-11-2021, 10:21 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 26-11-2021, 09:33 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 03-02-2022, 01:54 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Admin - 03-02-2022, 02:42 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Spec - 03-02-2022, 09:31 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Moth - 04-02-2022, 09:08 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 04-02-2022, 02:58 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Spec - 04-02-2022, 10:15 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Small chilli - 04-02-2022, 10:40 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 04-02-2022, 11:31 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 04-02-2022, 01:58 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 05-02-2022, 10:02 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 05-02-2022, 09:56 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by toomanytommytoes - 05-02-2022, 10:44 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - 05-02-2022, 10:51 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 01-11-2025, 06:00 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Bren - 02-11-2025, 09:35 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 01-11-2025, 06:45 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 01-11-2025, 08:27 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 01-11-2025, 09:08 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Moth - 02-11-2025, 02:20 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Vinny - 03-11-2025, 02:51 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 28-04-2026, 07:57 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Mark_Riga - 28-04-2026, 10:00 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - 28-04-2026, 10:24 PM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - Yesterday, 08:48 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - Yesterday, 09:09 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by JJB - Yesterday, 10:16 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Bren - Yesterday, 09:21 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - Yesterday, 09:41 AM
RE: Energy Saving - by Veggie - Yesterday, 11:12 PM
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