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Paid not to consume electricity...

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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  • Well I would suggest there are a few different ways to do this. Some may be better than others and that might vary depending upon your outlook anyway. Good for me bad for him etc etc etc.

    Like most things in life it will inevitably be some kind of compromise and it may be that most people dislike it to one extent or the other but might just help the situation at the end of the day. or it might not.

    So good luck with working out how to implement it whichever way (or ways) you decide to do it.

    As for the unscrupulous. Well some folk will naturally try to work it to their best advantage, a lot will, some will push that a little further, and some a little more. That is human nature, it can be a good thing but it can work against you.

    Reminds me of the fellow I heard a few years ago in the local Kebab Shop. He ordered Donner plus Salad on a tray and a separate pitta bread. I noticed two things 1/ it cost less than a Donner Kebab on a Pitta and 2/ He got more in it.

    Apparently the shop owner eventually found out and remarked "That is not fair, you are getting a normal Donner Kebab for less money". The bloke replied "Well you devised the price scale for your goods, I simply ordered it accordingly!" .

    Made me smile that one because it was the antithesis of my Father in Law paying 50p more because he didn`t want beans on his breakfast.

    Classic people behaviour both examples. Nature of unintended consequences and all that.

    So, how will they work it? I do not know

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  • Well I would suggest there are a few different ways to do this. Some may be better than others and that might vary depending upon your outlook anyway. Good for me bad for him etc etc etc.

    Like most things in life it will inevitably be some kind of compromise and it may be that most people dislike it to one extent or the other but might just help the situation at the end of the day. or it might not.

    So good luck with working out how to implement it whichever way (or ways) you decide to do it.

    As for the unscrupulous. Well some folk will naturally try to work it to their best advantage, a lot will, some will push that a little further, and some a little more. That is human nature, it can be a good thing but it can work against you.

    Reminds me of the fellow I heard a few years ago in the local Kebab Shop. He ordered Donner plus Salad on a tray and a separate pitta bread. I noticed two things 1/ it cost less than a Donner Kebab on a Pitta and 2/ He got more in it.

    Apparently the shop owner eventually found out and remarked "That is not fair, you are getting a normal Donner Kebab for less money". The bloke replied "Well you devised the price scale for your goods, I simply ordered it accordingly!" .

    Made me smile that one because it was the antithesis of my Father in Law paying 50p more because he didn`t want beans on his breakfast.

    Classic people behaviour both examples. Nature of unintended consequences and all that.

    So, how will they work it? I do not know

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