{"id":277433,"date":"2023-09-06T10:43:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277433"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:44:06","slug":"turn-on-your-heat-pump-when-wind-is-blowing-government-pleads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277433","title":{"rendered":"Turn on your heat pump when wind is blowing, Government\u00a0pleads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Families will be urged to turn on heat pumps when the wind is blowing and charge their electric cars at night under <\/em>net zero plans<\/em><\/a> to save energy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministers are pressing ahead with new legislation that could see families made to adopt \u201csmart\u201d appliances to <\/em>ease pressure on the grid<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tory MPs are opposing the proposals, contained in the contentious Energy Bill which will come back before the Commons on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government insisted it was \u201cin no way asking people to ration electricity\u201d and that consumers will benefit in the form of cheaper bills.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In official guidance, ministers have said the switch to <\/em>smart appliances<\/em><\/a> like heating systems, fridges and car chargers is key to delivering net zero.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey enable consumers to shift their electricity usage to times when it is less costly for the energy system,\u201d the document states.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor example, running a heat pump when renewable generation is most abundant, or charging an electric vehicle (EV) overnight when there is lower demand on the electricity system.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndividual consumers are rewarded for this flexible energy use by saving money on their energy bills, while all electricity consumers benefit from the overall reduction in system costs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Energy Bill includes powers for ministers to \u201cmandate that electric heating appliances and EV chargepoints must have smart functionality, prohibiting the sale of non-smart devices in Great Britain\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is being opposed by Tory MPs who have likened the plans to \u201crationing\u201d of electricity and have said they show renewables are not up to scratch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bill \u2018needs to be buried\u2019<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Craig Mackinlay, the MP for South Thanet and head of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, has tabled an amendment to scrap the entire section on smart appliances from the legislation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the Government was \u201cadmitting a shortage of electricity with its plans to limit supply to households and businesses through smart appliances, peak pricing penalties and reliance on irregular renewables\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a dreadful Bill which needs to be buried and forgotten. It might yet see a slow euthanasia once it returns to the Lords.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greg Smith, the Tory MP for Buckinghamshire, added: \u201cThe key to de-fossilisation and decarbonisation must be that nobody is stopped from doing anything they do today, be that heating their homes, flying on vacation or using private transport.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat needs to change is the technology that allows us to do all those things. Anything that seeks to throttle demand or tell people what they can and can\u2019t do is simply unacceptable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir John Redwood, a former Cabinet minister, said the Bill talks about \u201cmore time switching to ration available electricity\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople will not be able to come home from work, put an electric car on charge and turn on a series of home appliances all at the same time, but will need persuading or requiring to run some machines and rechargers overnight when there is less electricity demand,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2023\/09\/04\/brits-urged-turn-on-heat-pumps-wind-is-blowing-net-zero\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turning your heat pump on when it\u2019s windy is hardly the issue here. It\u2019s what you do when it\u2019s not windy; are they telling you to switch off your heating, or charge you so much that you are forced to anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The frightening thing is that none of these suggestions are anything more than sticking plaster anyway. When the wind does not blow, we will be up the proverbial without a paddle, smart meters or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is being opposed by Tory MPs who have likened the plans to \u201crationing\u201d of electricity and have said they show renewables are not up to scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":277439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822352,691822351,691818154,691822353,691818130,691822323],"class_list":{"0":"post-277433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-electric-vehicle-ev","9":"tag-energy-bill","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-rationing-of-electricity","12":"tag-renewables","13":"tag-tory-mps","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-179.png?fit=2000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1aaJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277876,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277876","url_meta":{"origin":277433,"position":0},"title":"Net Zero Fail: UK Government to Forcibly Switch Your Appliances Off","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Imagine needing government permission to turn up your winter heating when you catch Covid, or pleading with bureaucrats to allow you to heat more rooms in your house. 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