It’s rationing by another name, so people don’t get upset about it.
And there’s no real risk of blackouts, because of coal power stations, so it’s not needed.
“17:00 and 18:00 GMT and 16:30 to 18:00 GMT”
The times these are run at seem really odd to me, they just seem too early.
A bit of Googling seems to support that and suggest the peak between is 18:00-21:00.
Most odd.
I got £2.35 for merely doing my laundry at 1pm and cooking my dinner at 7pm…. things I was gonna do anyway. I just sat in front of the TV with 1 room light on and supped my cuppa which I boiled up at 4.50pm on Monday. Did the same for Tuesday’s 1.5 hours, and I’ll probably get £3. £5.35 for not doing much different except timings of my electricity use….. count me in every time!
These savings hours are expected to occur when it’s v cold and there’s little wind to generate power… like this week. Early evenings are a time of peak demand, with most people and families arriving home and cooking evening meals and starting up white appliances. They want to avoid keeping the grid going with coal fired turbines at Selby. Hydroelectric tends to be generated in the run up to predicted rainfall, and it’s not a major source cf wind generated power.
It is not possible to store electricity, with the exception of some prototype capacitors in very few housing developments nationwide. These require substantial open space nearby. Not good in built up areas…..
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It’s rationing by another name, so people don’t get upset about it.
And there’s no real risk of blackouts, because of coal power stations, so it’s not needed.
“17:00 and 18:00 GMT and 16:30 to 18:00 GMT”
The times these are run at seem really odd to me, they just seem too early.
A bit of Googling seems to support that and suggest the peak between is 18:00-21:00.
Most odd.
I got £2.35 for merely doing my laundry at 1pm and cooking my dinner at 7pm…. things I was gonna do anyway. I just sat in front of the TV with 1 room light on and supped my cuppa which I boiled up at 4.50pm on Monday. Did the same for Tuesday’s 1.5 hours, and I’ll probably get £3. £5.35 for not doing much different except timings of my electricity use….. count me in every time!
These savings hours are expected to occur when it’s v cold and there’s little wind to generate power… like this week. Early evenings are a time of peak demand, with most people and families arriving home and cooking evening meals and starting up white appliances. They want to avoid keeping the grid going with coal fired turbines at Selby. Hydroelectric tends to be generated in the run up to predicted rainfall, and it’s not a major source cf wind generated power.
It is not possible to store electricity, with the exception of some prototype capacitors in very few housing developments nationwide. These require substantial open space nearby. Not good in built up areas…..