Ferdinand

Where are you? "Code" suggests North America, perhaps. We can better comment if we know.

Thanks.

Russ Is this automated, or manual? And if automated, which system? (Asking for an acquaintance I sent a couple of your paras to.) I get the feeling it is manual from you account. F

Depends what you have been drinking 😁 (Soda Water, since you didn't ask. I'm an Orangina man. ) Try getting that past the Advertising Self-Appointed Authority.

Are we allowed to be semi-satirical? (Or am I in trouble again?)

> I went for a Bosch which consumes 115kwh/a and isn’t as expensive as Liebherr: I'm just a heavily biased happy customer !

I paid £1400 for my fridge freezer double (list price £2400). The closest thing from Siemens etc was at the time £600 and £600 ish. At that price it was a nobrainer even for a 2 year old one. Given how good it has been, £1800-1900 would have been OK. So ... use your skill and judgement and mark your X. (Just seen your post - I'd argue from the potential in energy prices.) F

So from next year that will save about £82 a year in electricity ! (At £2 per kWh)

More in reportage terms ... - Longer life should be a benefit, if the reputation is warranted. Mine and the freezer are only 8 years old and fine, and had their first 2 years as showroom demonstrators. - Spare parts have been available, and service good. They sent me a couple of bits for free. - Seem to have a greater range of controls than other fridges I have had. - Both my fridge and freezer have "boost" options which are quite vigorous. If I forget the freezer is on SuperFrost, it ends up at -30C. - On the fridge, I would say check carefully for any of the double-plus-good crisper draws which claim to improve the fridge life of veg. You may want it. It is alleged by some that veg are dropping in quality post-Brexit. I got buried under a dogpile of self-identified remainiacs when I suggested a better fridge (a Liebherr) to a certain writer for the G.

>Tell me about Liebherr fridges Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ......

Tx. I may try and see what happens. I have a 2015 email from my PV installer saying they will be informing DNO. But installer is now in scaffolding.

Did that cause problems with implementing the charge of tariff? Thanks

That looks useful. Thanks. I am being told £70 plus £40 for delivery (for up to 40!) for food grade steam cleaned. At that price it seems worth it.

Ask me next July !

The first of those is some way off. Do you mean 2050? Current demand is around 300 Twh. This is from the "6th Carbon Budget": https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sector-summary-Electricity-generation.pdf Current predictions for 2030 are around 10-10% up on today.

I had a chat to my lettings agent who manages a couple of student houses. It seems that they (excellent agent !) have something in the contract which is some sort of version of a fair usage agreement which means that if usage / bills spike too high, there is a possibility of the Ts picking up part of the bill at the end of the year. I assume that is there from previous years to encourage students not (for example) to run max heating with windows open, and similar. Whether bills are inclusive / exclusive or a payment scheme managed by the agent has changed entirely from exclusive to inclusive here over the last decade. So they are now: a - Getting Smart Meters in, so students can see the amount being used in kWh and £££. b - Seeing if we are eligible for the rebate - maybe not as it's essentially a commercial tenancy. c - Already making the Ts aware of the issue. d - Making sure that boilers are switched to summer mode until October or so, where that might not normally happen. Fortunately houses are an EPC C. No idea what the outcome will be, though. F

I think that is a question we may have to face Europe-wide in about 15 years - give the current plethora of promises being made for eg offshore wind production. At present I have noticed: UK existing offshore wind capacity is 11-12GW. 3GW coming on stream this year. Current projects will make it 30GW by 2030. Govt has promised 50GW total by 2030 afaics. No idea what the goal is for 2050. Scottish approved at national level projects will add a further 25GW in the 2030s. And the Scottish Govt has talking points about how it already meets its own needs from lo carbon sources (may be household needs, though, not including industry an transport). Mons. Macaron promised 40GW by 2050 before his election. They are currently in a European Court fight with Belgium about building one across the Zeebrugge-Dover ferry route, as it was - or were when I last looked. Norway is going for 30 GW by 2040. Germany aims to build 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, 40 GW by 2035 and at least 70 GW by 2045. In terms of average supply, that nameplate capacity can be multiplied by 50% for offshore wind, but then there is timeshifting and storage etc. And so ad infinitum. And that's ignoring solar, such as the 3.6GW interconnector Octopus are on board with for UK-Morocco. Plus continued reduction in demand is perfectly possible given usage levels in some places. From the UK point of view, If we are going to be established as a major renewable exporter, we need our position established soon enough to prevent less effective projects being developed or there will be a glut and market bloodbath. Ferdinand

These definitions may be slightly out of date. I think England now has am additional criterion related to the EPC band of the dwelling. Comparison is difficult because it is devolved, and they are all different. This is from Scottish Energy Action. I'd welcome anything more up to date. https://www.eas.org.uk/en/fuel-poverty-across-the-uk_50535/#:~:text=The definition of fuel poverty,an adequate standard of living.

I'm looking for an IBC to expand on the capacity of my water butts. Does anyone know of a source somewhere in North Notts / Derbys ie near Mansfield / Chesterfield? Thanks Ferdinand

If it was less prominent you could rebuild the wall, and term it "maintenance" !

I'm somewhat concerned that Cornwall Insight have become the only voice covered on this. An effective monopoly on media commentary is always a bad sign. I'm also concerned that both contenders to be PM are taking the Boris Buttsitting approach.

The average numbers, which are good enough for most things, are here: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/check-if-energy-price-cap-affects-you These are the Typical Domestic Consumption Values which OFGEM use to get to £1971 etc, and their 3 levels. https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2020/01/tdcvs_2020_decision_letter_0.pdf They still seem to be using the 'current' ones for the Price Cap. Our media, being useless plank-like scaremongering morons, use the middle number and pretend it applies to everyone. eg .28*3100+.45*365+.27*365+.07*12000 = 1970.8.

Octopus Outgoing T&C. Not very edited ! octopus-outgoing-tc.txt

Suspect we need to be distinguishing between Octopus Agile and Octopus Outgoing Agile, or this may get confusing.

I ca see no reason for going fixed, and my focus is on reducing usage and exploiting my solar more effectively.