Struggling to achieve Power Move target!

Hi,

I am on track this month - but similarly I don’t understand how - the % has dropped down to 7%

I do have an electric oven though and have done 2 large baking sessions this month, both on a weekday outside 4-7.  Sadly, I can’t (or shouldn’t) live on cake!!!!  Maybe my oven is more inefficient than I ever imagined.  Other than that, and making sure I have made my cup of tea before 4pm I’ve just carried on as normal.

Hi @PLUM44 , just wondering if you could do most of the prep beforehand and then finish to your time needs. It’s always awkward when you have a routine but it might be something to look at

Two pensioners so far to date 12.56% for last 20 days only 1led light bulb and tv on + fridge and freezer 9p and hour according to smart meter . Only way to hit target is to use more electric outside 4-7pm so will be increasing electrical use and hopeful will get my £20 to pay for it ?

I'm currently in Einstein's theory of madness - doing the same thing but expecting a different outcome! Seriously, I don't see the benefit of moving your usage to a different time of day. Surely the answer is to reduce your overall usage?

Mothergoose - I think the idea is to reduce energy use at peak times to reduce chance of power cuts although not sure that is really likely. 

The whole idea of this is that at peak times we often have to turn on ‘bad’ carbon energy like coal power stations. Power Move aims to see if users can alter their usage times to avoid some of this.

Redimps - I’m guessing that a range oven might use a lot more energy than my single electric so savings would not be so great in my case.

Apologies for my random responses, no idea how to answer directly to individuals. BPlighlog - your response will need to be in words of one syllable! 😂

I used to work for a company that used a LOT of electricity I think it was something like 20 megawatts. We used to either run our own generators or turn stuff off if possible between 4-7pm during the winter, the cost savings were a lot. This is just the same thing on a smaller scale. 

Agree

It seems to me that the less energy you use, the less opportunity you have to cut back!