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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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  • I wonder how many people realise the ridiculous situation we are now saddled with? Our system has worked beautifully for 100 years and then a pile of deluded idiots come along and break it completely. This is only just the start, it can only get worse and the UK is then effectively a Third World country. I read somewhere that the Boris plan for 8 more nuclear plants has been quietly dropped, so the end of Britain is well in the sights. All this IS part of a plan, but not the one we actually voted for!

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  • I wonder how many people realise the ridiculous situation we are now saddled with? Our system has worked beautifully for 100 years and then a pile of deluded idiots come along and break it completely. This is only just the start, it can only get worse and the UK is then effectively a Third World country. I read somewhere that the Boris plan for 8 more nuclear plants has been quietly dropped, so the end of Britain is well in the sights. All this IS part of a plan, but not the one we actually voted for!

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  • Not just deluded idiots they are criminals.

    I voted Boris to get out of the European clutches not for this Green agenda.  

    I too fear the end of Britain and western societies is the goal of the climate zealots. 

  • It's got nothing to do with any "Green agenda" and everything to do with a total lack of planning by successive governments.  Leave it to the markets and everything will be wonderful.

    So nuclear power stations are shutting down faster than we're building them.  We are becoming ever more reliant on imported gas, but have almost no gas storage in this country.

    There's no profit in having power stations that aren't being used, and if you're a power generator, it isn't your problem if there's insufficient supply.

  • You are right but wrong at the same time.

    The green agenda has brought us to the up and coming blackouts. Following succesive governments complete disregard to the energy requirements of the population. For some bizarre reason fossil fuels and the best option of nuclear are stopped instantly. This is the green agenda at full throttle. 

    Just look at China increasing coal fired and nuclear power station  increasing so they can manufacture weson society's solar panels and wind turbines. Absolute green madness.