Your tech and how it works for you
I've written a number of blogs on here about the ideas behind using tech but the one thing I have come to realise is that every setup is unique, not necessarily from the tech you use but how it works for you with your particular lifestyle. It not limited to OVO customers because lifestyles need a tariff that suits your use. What I'm trying to achieve is to get people to relate to actually living with tech to show how it works for your benefit. Perhaps even include decisions you made that you don't feel were beneficial. This is also for OVO staff to see why people make decisions on tariffs with a view to maybe broadening the range of tariffs or compatibility on offer. I'll kick off.
I used to be an OVO customer and I was with them for nearly 10 years and they were an execellent energy supplier. I changed to Agile Octopus because I had bought an EV and wanted cheaper electricity but didn't have a compatible car or charger. Charging the car is simple. We just plug it in when it’s cheap. The move has been very beneficial in terms of very much reduced costs with the downside that you have to keep a daily watch on electricity rates. We can also minimise our power use during the 4-7pm peak. We increased our cost savings by buying a cheap A2AHP (air to air heat pump) which now does the bulk of our winter heating with it being cheaper than gas except during the peak. We use a wood burner during the peak and some gas on the coldest days. We've reduced our heating gas use by 80%. We don't have solar panels or a battery. Because of my lower cost electricity, solar panels would only break even after 18 years and a battery doesn't make any sense in terms of a return.
Peter
