I've joined the power move for the second time, however I cannot reduce my usage by the amount they expect, I live on my own, I do not want to eat my evening meal before 4pm or start cooking after 7pm both are bad for the digestive system, I do not want to eat preheated meals 5 nights a week. I barely use any electricity as it is how the hell can I cut it down further. I use about £1.50 worth every 24 hours which covers cooking, kettle, TV, lights, on all the times, washing, and my laptop (work from home).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I do win on the challenges they set every so often for the 90mins wins I've won on 3 of those.
TIA
Best answer by MGSteve
Updated on 20/01/26 by Abby_OVO
Have you tried the following?
Run your laptop on its battery for the event.
Turning down your fridge temperature for a couple of hours before the event, then back to normal during the event; to turn down a fridge, you need to turn the thermostat dial to a HIGHER number!!!!
Similarly, turning your heating thermostat up by a couple of degrees before the event, then back to normal for the event (or even down one degree for the event, then back to normal afterwards, if you can bear it).
The last 2 work very well for me for 1 hour events, less well for longer events, but I suspect that my insulation could be better. Of course, you need to check that you aren’t using significantly more energy to pre-heat the house, but I haven’t noticed significantly more (total) gas usage. I also have a gas fire, then I can use during the event, if I do feel cold.
Rgds,
Steve
Here’s a helpful Forum topic where our community have shared ideas around hitting Power Move targets:
I’ve included some links below to some handy pages on our website that give tips on understanding your usage and reducing it 👇
Power move only works if you can do it tactically. Sometimes I have done a power hungry wash in the morning only to find there is a power up later in the afternoon. Sometimes however it catches me right and I can tactically move power usuage and gain. Other times I do not but there is no money loss as a result.
