ESB Peak Events notification

graememk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178908#Comment_120178908

I am being honest.. carrot is better than the stick!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178855#Comment_120178855

https://www.esbnetworks.ie/who-we-are/beat-the-peak/is-this-a-good-time

DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120178855#Comment_120178855

You sign-up. And some secret sauce decides if you get a voucher. I've gotten 60 blips (well 30 already, and 30 more due). Tbh, didn't expect to get vouchers but nice recognition for doing what they ask and joining the pilot early

irishchris

Just received my 30 one4all yesterday too. Wonder if could sign up again 😁

Tree

I signed up late and got "we'll give €30 to charity if you answer the surveys", so only got one survey so far but still got the "we made a donation, yay!" email.

Jonathan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120250492#Comment_120250492

Am I the only person that hasn't gotten any one4all or charity donations? 🤔

graememk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120250600#Comment_120250600

Looks like it!, I've got my second one.

poker--addict

I got one. Signed up about 2 weeks ago

unkel

I got my second €30 voucher earlier this week. Keep 'm comin', ESB!

I promise I won't use any peak time electricity 😁 But don't mind me loading up at 15kW o'clock!

graememk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120252530#Comment_120252530

It's off peak! So "it's a good time" 😂

bullit_dodger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120255119#Comment_120255119

LOL

unkel

They must have been listening. ESB sent me the third voucher just now 😂

SouthWesterly

I got 30e but got no surveys in a while

Jonathan

They confirmed I was placed in a group that is not eligible for a reward. 🤔

unkel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120266868#Comment_120266868

They must have sent all your rewards to me 🤣

Ubbquittious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120252530#Comment_120252530

I look forward to seeing the "Boardsian spike" on the eir grid site some day

silver_sky

I got one one4all so far. I think I'm due another one at some point.

graememk

Flexibility event, encourage use of dishwashers this evening..

yankinlk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120284366#Comment_120284366

Yeah I got that one. Think I'll ignore it as it's day rate time for me... I'm ok with not using electric but purposely using it to suit them? Nah

unkel

I don't seem to get any SMS from them, just vouchers. They work in Tesco BTW, tested that yesterday 😁

1 spent, 2 to go

Fingleberries

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120284836#Comment_120284836

Got that one too. Agreed, I'm not sure that I would be rushing to use up electricity because it suits the grid (perhaps strange wording of the text, but the intention was to let users know that 'it is a good time, if you wanted to, or needed to clean the dishes ... but it'll be at your day rate 🙂')

silver_sky

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120285019#Comment_120285019

Quite a few SuperValu stores also, and Woodies. I used mine online on woodies website for some garden supplies. Click & collect then. :)

unkel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120287227#Comment_120287227

They're both overpriced 😁 I like spending my free money wisely 😂

silver_sky

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120287927#Comment_120287927

Only place that sold what I needed, which was also overpriced so the one4all took the sting out.

More back on topic, I got a survey today related to the event yesterday. I feel like it would be better to give more appropriate answers but I guess that's OK. The options they give aren't great.

jkforde

just a thought for those not getting the One4all vouchers - have ye embedded images disabled in your email app? this might be why ESBN don't know whether or not you're opening their emails and might disqualify ye from receiving the vouchers..

or just maybe I'm overthinking it... 🙄

DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120340724#Comment_120340724

Think @Jonathan said they confirmed to him that he was in a control group that weren't getting vouchers. Makes sense they would want some way to confirm if the financial incentives helped or didn't. I've gotten 2 €30 vouchers so far and replied honestly to every survey Q. Others got 3 afaik.

micks_address

whats the story with the vouchers? when i signed up they said they'd make a donation to svp? did i sign up late or something? i have responded to a few surveys and get the texts but thats it

Tree

I got an email saying they made a donation and were starting another round a few weeks back, so we'll probably get another email in a few weeks saying they made a donation.

It's a shame you can't offer extra feedback on the actions. Having solar and a battery I keep doing "no but I took another action", cause that's basically what I'm mostly doing. "turn on the tumble dryer" would probably be better as "can you precook parts of your dinner"

oaklands

Just got the following by email from ESBN

Not clear what it means & I assume it is part of the pilot I signed up for months ago. Is this like Octopus in the UK. Will they pay us to use electricity when demand is low?

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We wanted to let you know that some changes have been recently made to our terms and conditions. Outlined below are the key takeaways:

Energy Events

What’s new? 

We have added “Flexibility Events” which may occur outside Peak Hours.

What are they?

Peak and Flexibility Events are now referred to as “Energy Events” which are times when some participants are asked to change their behaviour around their electricity consumption, whether or not in return for a reward.

When will they happen? 

Energy events are not restricted to peak hours 5-7pm. They may be in response to amber alerts, weather conditions or other network activities.

Purpose and Duration

As you may be aware, the purpose of the promotion is to analyse the information collected by customers aimed at changing behaviour to reduce electricity consumption. Any analysis of meter data will be done at an aggregated level and will involve analysis of 30 minute interval data from smart meters.

You can opt out of these communications at any stage by clicking here. See our full Terms and Conditions here.

Yours

ESB Networks

silver_sky

No, it just means they're expanding the communication on peak events. Agile-like pricing will probably come eventually but don't expect fast movement in this area.

circadian

Just wondering about this, is there an API for these alerts? I'd happily feed it into home assistant to charge battery etc.