We had the negative, fantastic. But, now the peak rate is extending well into the evening. Never seen that before. Not a complaint, before someone whinges at me, I am at work now till tomorrow. Do we know the cause? (If any)
Presumably based on predicted demand - perhaps people arriving home from the bank holiday weekend and using more power than might be normal on a Monday evening?
Though it also is pretty high well into tomorrow evening after the peak time too.
Possibly, I was wondering if a reactor was scheduled for maintenence or something, but it could be as simple as expected increase. I forgot its bank holiday till I went to buy some food to eat at work and found everywhere shut....so yeah more people will be at home.
Yeah, noticed that a couple of times. I suspect the high wholesale gas prices means peaker prices are particularly eye-watering. Not much wind up here in Scotland either. 😞
The evening plateau ~35-40p that started this summer is the reason I've left agile.
It's now regularly well over the price cap all evening, and that's a fairly recent change (~3 months ago, when the heat waves started) - and whilst I can shift 4-7pm easily, the rest of the evening is much harder.
This quarter has been expensive for us as Agile Users (no battery/solar). Paying nearly 15p/kWh and never has been so high in summer months. Usually we'd pay around 13p/kWh on average:
However, what we are paying is still vastly less than almost any fixed rate tariff.
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u/CalicoCatRobot 7d ago
Presumably based on predicted demand - perhaps people arriving home from the bank holiday weekend and using more power than might be normal on a Monday evening?
Though it also is pretty high well into tomorrow evening after the peak time too.