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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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  • More info here from Octopus who ran the trial earlier this year, it doesn't answer the question of how the baseline is calculated though - possibly they're keeping this quiet to make it harder for people to know how to game the system as you suggest

    https://octopus.energy/saving-sessions/

  • in reply to Andy Millar

    Octopus energy will let you know the day before they can offer a Saving Session, once they've seen the weather forecast. No wind or sun and it's game on. And when that doesn't work then your smart meter will be remotely switched off. 

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  • in reply to Andy Millar

    Octopus energy will let you know the day before they can offer a Saving Session, once they've seen the weather forecast. No wind or sun and it's game on. And when that doesn't work then your smart meter will be remotely switched off. 

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