Scroll down for the diary of our heat pump install from Octopus Energy Services. Since buying a "fixer upper" of a house in 2011 we've been ... well, fixing it up. We self-built an extension and replaced all the windows and doors. Insulation of the older part of the house is not yet finished (hung … Continue reading Renewables and home heating- our heat pump journey
“Yay my energy bill is in!” or “How we pay only 9p a unit for our electricity!”
Warning - in 2021-2 the UK electricity wholesale price has risen substantially, so an Agile tariff may not suit you. We now use Octopus "Go Faster". This post dates from 2019... We switched to a time-of-use electricity tariff from Octopus in summer 2019, from an Economy 7 tariff. This means that the price of electricity … Continue reading “Yay my energy bill is in!” or “How we pay only 9p a unit for our electricity!”
Smart EV charging using Agile Octopus and Ohme- and occasionally earning money
Note: this post was written in 2019 and a lot has changed since then in terms of energy prices! One way to minimise the cost of running an EV is to use an off-peak electricity tariff. Mind you, there's not much to save. Even at the average domestic price of 15p per unit (kWh); 10,000 … Continue reading Smart EV charging using Agile Octopus and Ohme- and occasionally earning money
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