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Paid not to consume electricity...

AJJewsbury

Looks like the scheme is going forward 

Has anyone heard yet the details of how it will work? ... as (even with a smart meter) they can't measure what you don't use so presumably will try to compare with some kind of "normal" - any idea what that "normal" is likely to be? An average across all customers - or what you actually used the same day the previous week or something like?  I'm just wondering if it might allow the unscrupulous to inflate their usage at certain times to claim the extra money at others...

       - Andy.

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  • So eating a microwave meal instead of cooking a proper dinner? Maybe not an issue for some but given that I don't own a microwave that's not going to be easy! 

    But as you say Andy, how are they going to work this? It would be easy to just 'go out for a walk' during the test hour and not use any electricity at all! 

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  • So eating a microwave meal instead of cooking a proper dinner? Maybe not an issue for some but given that I don't own a microwave that's not going to be easy! 

    But as you say Andy, how are they going to work this? It would be easy to just 'go out for a walk' during the test hour and not use any electricity at all! 

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  • in reply to Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles said:
    It would be easy to just 'go out for a walk' during the test hour and not use any electricity at all!

    You may as well also pop into your local cafe/bar/restaurant and have your tea while you are about it.

    This may work well for adult households, but not so well for families whose children will want to eat at the normal time.

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