Customers to again be paid for not using electricity
Households and businesses can again be paid for cutting electricity use during times of high consumption.
It can be useful when low amounts are being generated by renewables and demand is high, especially during cold periods and at peak evening times.
Energy users can sign up via their energy provider. Last time, 31 providers registered to provide the DFS and £11m was paid out to the 1.6 million participants.
Gosh that's almost £7 each. With an offer like that, we're bound to see crowds of people swaggering into Poundland to splurge their windfail.
I'll leave off the landing light, fall down the stairs and take a shilling's worth...
ReplyDeleteScrobs - yes, imagine the stories it could generate.
ReplyDeleteAnd you need a "Smart" meter to participate, so that's a big "No" from me. With an average (over the full year) electrical demand of just 155 watts, it would hardly make any difference...
ReplyDeleteDave - the payments suggest that the average switch off was insignificant, hardly seems worthwhile.
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