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Newcomer
November 19, 2023

I had such a miserable time of the 4-7pm power move last year (no heating, lighting etc and barely hitting my target) that I vowed I wouldn't take part this year...…

But, not one to resist a challenge, I thought I'd try again.

This time round, the heating is switched off just before the witching hour, along with the fridge freezer. I leave just one light on and potter around waiting with bated breath until normality is resumed at 7pm.

So far, so good but I'll have to wait and see if it's worth it 🤔

juliamc
Rank 20
Rank 20
November 19, 2023

@Missbob although the peak hours are from 4pm to 7pm the power move is generally only one or maybe two hours. The most recent one was one hour only, so no need to shiver in the dark for all three.

Newcomer
November 20, 2023

Ooh, really?

How do I find out which hours they are. I assumed it was between 4-7 inclusive?

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
November 20, 2023

Regular Power Move (the £15 a month one) is 4pm to 7pm on Weekdays. Power Move Plus is dependent on whatever the email invite says - but you MUST opt-in every time or you won’t get rewarded.

You can stack both at once so double rewards are possible and fully permitted within the rules.

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Newcomer
November 20, 2023

Thanks for this.

I'm only doing the 4-7 one so was a bit confused about the reply I got from Juliamc.

I really can't be doing with the other move as I believe it would be an impossibility for me to achieve.!

But all the best to those who do and do🤞

Newcomer
November 20, 2023

So how did everyone think they did yesterday with the Power Move Plus?

 

I’m hoping I earned my 30p with a target of 0.1kWh:
  

  
[I turned everything off, then wrapped up warm and settled down to read with a little rechargeable LED reading light. I nodded off 😴 and didn’t wake up until 6:30, hence 0 kWh for an extra half hour.]

Because the page rounds figures to two decimal places, ‘0 kWh’ means ‘< 0.005 kWh’. 

30p by gum! Well done you 😄

Newcomer
November 20, 2023

30p by gum!!

Well done you ☺️👍

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
November 20, 2023

Hehehe, too easy!

Helps that I had a fire service exercise the previous day and I was just totally zonked out in bed all day. :)

And I guess my Ubiquiti UniFi kit is just that power efficient that leaving it all on - which I did - has no effect on the outcome. :P

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juliamc
Rank 20
Rank 20
November 20, 2023

Sorry @Missbob I was getting confused with the two different versions. Thankfully Blastoise knows what’s what !

Nukecad
Super User
Super User
November 20, 2023

A whole 27p! Don't  spend it all at once @Blastoise186 

Sorry but it's my opinion that these Demand Flexibility trials are currently targeting the wrong segment of the energy market.

I said, Hey - Watts going on.