Smart Tariff Unit Rates

What size battery have you got? With my 10kwh pylontechs I generally get all day through to ev plan charge hours again which is helped by being supplemented by any solar during day. When there are bad weather forecasts I will sometimes add an extra hour of night rate at 7am to top back up but will be stopping this from this week on now with Feb around the corner.

Ideally I would prefer 20kwh batteries to cover excessive use on odd day as well as for storing excess in summer when not charging at night. May well go the DIY battery route and sell the pylons later in year when get extra panels installation sorted.

I have a smart meter fitted at my house, but I am still on a standard plan, I want to switch provider now that I am at the end of my current contract, can I select a standard plan or am I required to select a smart plan?

I notice the smart plans that have low unit prices also have very high standing charges. This thing is looking more and more like a con every day.

Its a wonder the likes of Conor Pope doesnt see this and write something. Its almost like its invisible. To me this is worthy of a prime time episode too.

I was looking at setting this type of thing up with charging batteries at night. If you do decide to get rid of the pylons, let me know, i'd love to get a hold of them and see if I can beat the system.

I had a chance to sit with the Utility regulators about 4 years ago, and I opined that smart meters were a con, that they were been driven by an industry that wanted to adopt Ryanair strategies, and provide cheap electricity when you didn't want it and very dear electricity where you did need it , I wasn't popular !!

Im holding onto my night rate meter for as long as I can ... " out of my cold dead hands etc "

Thanks i forgot that u had to define one rate. The automation sounds nifty tho.

Question... what if you set the charge period from 2 to 8... but set the rate to be high enough to fill the battery before 5am... once battery is full will u still be charged for electricity from 5 to 8? where does it go... back to the grid?

I meant 2am to 8am. but you answered my questions... the surplus will go back to the grid! oh well. If i ever lose my day/ night meter i will have to figure out how to do the automation you mentioned.

So I have been on EV green plan for over a month now. With automation I am charging my batteries only between 2-5AM. The automation still needs a lot of improvement but I now I just aim to bring the batteries to specific SOC level based on next days forcast. The automation adjusts the charge rate automatically based on current SOC and the target SOC and spread the charging between 3 hour period.

Here are usage figures for February: 50% on EV, 20% on Night, 27% on Day and 3% on Peak rates. I am quiet happy with theses but would like to decrease Day rate usage, it is mostly used 19-23 as the battery is gone by that time. Time permiting this will change soon as I have not connected my second battry yet.

I've read on this site about people replacing smart meters with a day/night one.

Have I missed something or have all companies not increased the standing charge and kWh rate?? The ones declared so far,anyway.The companies don't operate a cartel that's why the announcements are spaced out.

I would be inclined to the profiteering angle.It an ideal time to take advantage of people.I doubt much if their overheads,wages(haha) are going up by 24 to 35% Chances of kwh prices down to 2019/20 levels are slim to zero.Standing charges no chance ever go down.

Isn't profit the prime motive of capitalism? Why are people suprised that private companies are profiteering. That's the defining feature of capitalism. If you want goverment intervention to control prices wouldn't that make you a socialist or communist? I am just confused as to what people think capitalism is. We have a de-regulated retail energy market so each company is free to set its price. One would think that competition would ensure nobody charges excessive amounts because then everyone would switch away from them. At least that's the theory.