Is Power Move worth the effort - time to look elsewhere for a deal?

just had my email, last month 7.85% of our usage was at peek time.  We hit the target every time.  The issue is people not understanding what power move is.  The clue is in the name power MOVE, its nothing to do with reducing your usage its all about moving that usage to off peak.  If you are a low usage customer it’ll be very difficult to shift things off peak as you won’t have much to shift and what you do have will be pretty much base load, wifi router, fridge freezer, etc and realistically you’re not going to move that without lots of pain. 

Hi Blastoise186

I thought as a forum volunteer you may have had more understanding.  If everybody just said nice things what a perfect world we all would live in. I am sorry I am bunging up your inbox today. I haven't written anything on here for over a year and just wanted to see if other folks were still having issues achieving the raised % target.

I will unsubscribe now and leave it to the do-gooders to carry on spouting on about all things nice. Thanks for listening though, even if it was with contempt. Bye

I get that (and I do a ton of volunteer stuff too), but what kinda grinds for us is that rather than using (or at least reading) existing threads, folks making these particular complaints constantly make more and more of them which becomes a never ending river.

If it was a con or a scam, it’d be deliberately impossible e.g. use 0% power during peak hours but alas 13.5% is definitely not impossible for absolutely everyone under the sun and it’s definitely not 0% either.

A lot of the complaints seem to relate to not understanding the scheme properly. And it does get a bit tedious for us when we’ve already explained it 5,000 times...

We have consistently hit the Power Move target since signing up for it in August with anywhere between 2.5 and 5%… and consider ourselves to be low users with avg monthly bills of £70.

I work from home, ensuring that I have a flask of boiling water ready for 4pm when I unplug my lap top, turn on a fully charged LED lamp and carry on working fuel-free until 5 or 6pm.

Then I leave the house, often meeting my partner as she cleans down her local cafe business. We get back home for around 7pm and so long as we use any electricity at all, we’re guaranteed to stay on track. Dinner may be food left over from the cafe, or something I’ve been slow-cooking throughout the day (until 4pm), or a previously batch-cooked meal to be micro-waved, or a takeaway….

We realise how fortunate we are to live in this way...

Hi Blastoise, a very constructive answer, and I do understand your grief. It's probably my understanding of how the forum works. Apologies there, as i have not commented on many before.  I think because my wife and I tried our hardest and changed the whole way we lived and ate to help the Power Move project. We sat in the cold, ate later, moved our washing, dishwasher on once every two days. We could not get anywhere near the target.  It was absolute frustration on seeing people hitting 2.5% and many under 10%. I could not think of any other way to get to the target. Sorry once again about me setting off another subject. Kind regards

I am too a low user always 50% - 60% lower than most households but with similar changes to Ariania I always reach the target. My electricity bill is roughly £32 per month including standing charges so £15 credit pays almost half my bill. Just wish they would start something with gas

There is no peak/off-peak gas I’m afraid, so Power Move wouldn’t work for that.

Same reason as to why Economy 7 for gas doesn’t exist.

Quick thought, make sure you put the washing machine on during the week, particularly if you have a cold water fill and are using a 40c wash or above. If you use it at the weekend it won’t help you

The closest is Octopus Tracker.

This varies the price of gas every day as the wholesale price changes. But that doesn't help much with shifting.

It has been consistently cheaper than any fixed rate or standard variable rate recently but there are no guarantees the wholesale price may spike.

These are the rates for one region as an example.

https://octotrack.co.uk/region/a-eastern-england

@GilDean . You've basically answered your own gripe. You say you've moved your washing and dishwasher to every two days. Have you actually moved the time you use them to off-peak or merely reduced the number of times you use them? Simply cutting down usage isn't going to achieve the purpose of this scheme nor is sitting in the dark which is just silly. As for having a dishwasher in the first place, does everybody these days expect technology to take over their everyday chores? Food delivered, robot vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, even robot lawn mowers. No wonder that obesity and diabetes are at the top of greatest killers. As far as I see it we will have committed voluntary suicide through being bone idle long before we need to worry about climate change!

I remember my mother doing the weekly wash in a tub using a washboard. Wringing out the washing on a mangle and drying naturally either indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. My father would cut our lawn with a manual push mower and trim the edges with a pair of shears. Both, having survived WW2 lived into their 90's. Today's couch potatoes rarely achieve 80 and thousands considerably less. Enjoy the Apps until they kill you!

Ultimately it's up to the individual how they live their life, some will contribute to the greater good, most, unfortunately are sucked in by the grotesque culture of celebrity and wealth.

That's my New Year 2024 rant! Hopefully not in vain?