{"id":313427,"date":"2024-03-27T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=313427"},"modified":"2024-03-27T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:38:49","slug":"smart-meter-customers-face-time-of-day-charging-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=313427","title":{"rendered":"Smart meter customers face time-of-day charging\u00a0plan"},"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

You were warned!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Millions of households with smart meters face paying more for their electricity at the busiest times of day under regulator plans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ofgem is consulting on introducing a \u201cdynamic\u201d energy price cap to meet the demand of net zero, despite repeated assurances from the Government that <\/em>smart meter technology<\/em><\/a> would not result in more expensive energy bills for consumers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The energy watchdog said it would look to \u201cencourage consumer flexibility\u201d by basing the energy price cap around the wholesale costs of electricity throughout the day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plans include allowing suppliers to charge more for electricity when the grid is at its busiest, as Britons move away from conventional gas boilers and adopt electric-powered heat pumps and electric vehicles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proposals would scrap the energy price cap \u2013 currently \u00a31,690 a year \u2013 and effectively switch the entire country to a 1970s-style \u201ctime-of-use\u201d tariff that charges different prices throughout the day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This would either be introduced in weekly \u201ctime bands\u201d that are divided into more expensive peak and cheaper off-peak periods, or linked directly to half-hourly wholesale market prices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ofgem admitted the latter proposal would risk \u201cexposing customers to wholesale price variability\u201d and that \u201cmany consumers may struggle to engage with constantly evolving pricing\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/money\/bills\/energy\/energy-customers-smart-meters-face-pay-more-busy-times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Energy Price Cap should never have been introduced. But now energy users with a smart meter may be faced with a fait accompli, finding it difficult to find any supplier prepared to offer a fixed price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And one thing is absolutely certain \u2013 consumers will not be better off under any new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as may experts are pointing out, many people need access to electricity all day. It is all very well for a household which is empty during the day, but what will happen to old people or mums with kids who need to heat their homes all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed how many of these groups will even have access to the information needed to optimise pricing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worse still, this is not only about Time of Day pricing \u2013 wholesale prices can often peak at much higher levels for days on end when wind power is low in winter. There will be no escape from this peak pricing at times like this \u2013 everybody will end up paying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the government is intent on bringing in this policy, it must legislate for an opt out for anybody who wants to remain with a fixed price, and that should be set at an affordable level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Millions of households with smart meters face paying more for their electricity at the busiest times of day under regulator 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