Power Move for low users
I get that the idea is to lower usage overall, which is fine.
But I already struggle to pay my bills, and so I’ve already cut down anything and everything I can:
- I use the washing machine once every two weeks, after 11pm
- I shower once a week, as fast as possible, after 11pm
- I’ve turned off the boiler completely
- I use the oven once every 2 weeks
- I have a single small light I use when it gets dark
- I have a single small electric heater, which I use as little as possible
- I keep myself warm at night with a warm water bottle and extra sheets, which is much better than heating or even a heated blanket
- I don’t have a tumble dryer
- Everything is turned off at the socket at all times, except for the fridge, the smart meter, and the doorbell
To make it worse, I work from home, so I’m home a lot. But also, where I live, shops close at 3pm, so if I do go out, it’s before that time - almost ascertaining I’ll be home between 4 & 7. Not always, but usually.
I’d love a £15 discount. I managed to get to 13.9% (out of 13.5%) somehow. But it truly seems impossible, I can’t think of anything else to cut down.
The only other thing I thought of, was to try and use -more- electricity outside of peak hours on purpose, but that seems counter-productive to the whole point? And it’s also risky, because if I then -don’t- meet the challenge, I just wasted money.
