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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by jonatron on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:34PM (#34359897)
I'm in London, electric prices last night: https://nitter.nl/pic/orig/media%2FFmNAukVXgAEF6Ar.jpg
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by KaiserPro on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:11PM (#34360309)
which supplier are you with?
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by jonatron on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:17PM (#34360364)
Octopus energy, on the agile octopus tariff: https://octopus.energy/agile/
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by archydeb on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:28PM (#34360479)
For the brave!

But seriously (author of article here) I think that agile tariffs and more demand flexibility are probably a big part of the solution

Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by KaiserPro on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:30PM (#34360508)
I have the luxury of a 13khw battery, so it might make sense. But I suspect that when I need to use the grid will be uber peak £1.04 per kwhr.

Edit: for those who are curious, here is some data on prices over the last month: https://agileprices.co.uk/

Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by midasuni on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:58PM (#34361454)
I guess you can’t have two suppliers, one on a traditional fixed contract and one on the octopus stuff, and choose the best one
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by pifm_guy on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:33AM (#34366442)
You can, but you need to own two neighbouring houses and be willing to install an (illegal) cable between them.
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by aembleton on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:45AM (#34365745)
Octopus Agile cap the prices at £1/kwh.