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UK power grid situation!!
james_s:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 09, 2022, 01:07:47 pm ---How about give discounts to customers who get devices installed to limit heating to 60-65F during peak times?
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How do you enforce that? It's trivial to bypass a thermostat to turn on the heating, and if you don't want to mess with that, just plug in a space heater.
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: james_s on December 09, 2022, 06:27:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 09, 2022, 01:07:47 pm ---How about give discounts to customers who get devices installed to limit heating to 60-65F during peak times?
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How do you enforce that? It's trivial to bypass a thermostat to turn on the heating, and if you don't want to mess with that, just plug in a space heater.
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Smart meters.
Also, most people are not smart enough for 'trivial'.
Kasper:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on December 09, 2022, 06:41:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on December 09, 2022, 06:27:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 09, 2022, 01:07:47 pm ---How about give discounts to customers who get devices installed to limit heating to 60-65F during peak times?
--- End quote ---
How do you enforce that? It's trivial to bypass a thermostat to turn on the heating, and if you don't want to mess with that, just plug in a space heater.
--- End quote ---
Smart meters.
Also, most people are not smart enough for 'trivial'.
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What if someone likes leaving the windows open but keeps the thermostat at 18°C? Should they get a discount? What if most the house is 16°C but your office is 20°C, does that qualify? What about people that upgrade their insulation?
Pay per use billing seems a lot easier and more fair. Use less energy, get a lower energy bill.
Kasper:
Missed the part about peak times but again, billing schemes could drive that with much less bureaucracy and more fairness.
themadhippy:
The uk has a new method of cutting down on grid demand,pricing the poor out of the market.
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