Holy shit!
Most of tomorrow is going to be NEGATIVE pricing for electricity.
Literally being paid to soak up extra electrons. Might cook Xmas dinner a day early 😂
Tumble dryer on.
Croissants cooking in the oven.
Kettle boiling.
Battery charging.
At -2p/kWh it won't quite pay for an Xmas present - but certainly fun to see what sort of odd behaviours it drives.
Our 4.8kWh battery took advantage of the negative electricity pricing yesterday.
It charged when power cost ≤ £0.00 and discharged the rest of the time.
Basically filled and emptied twice.
@Edent we made 77p profit on the leccy yesterday. And we used more electric heating so our gas bill was cheaper too.
@Edent nice! I will for sure have some type of electricity storage when I build my house
@Edent does it export from the battery to the grid, or was it just discharged to supply your house?
The results are in!
On Xmas eve, our home electricity use cost us… -10p!
Yup, our electricity company paid us a couple of shillings. Not enough for a mince pie, obviously. But the amount we used would have normally cost about £7 (24kWh * £0.30).
NB Octopus can't show negative pricing on its graphs either 😆
@deryckchan
I don't know where you are in the world or what your budget is. Best to find a local installer who can assess the space you have.
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@Edent Thank you. I'm in the UK and was wondering if there were nation-wide suppliers; sounds like it's better to go local.
@Noneeeed It can do. But in general it keeps balanced with our usage. That's because it is usually more cost effective to use rather than sell.