• deHaga@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    Doubt it. With the amount of renewables coming on line they’ll be paying people to store it not charging more. We already have negative prices in the wholesale market

    Octopus are the best. Over the summer they give free electric during windy days

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      3 days ago

      They put the 3p per mile on EV, because they weren’t contributing to the infrastructure, if people are getting paid to use electricity they also won’t be contributing to the infrastructure. Hinckley point C, transmission network, oil and gas subsidies all need to be paid for. Doesn’t matter how great Octopus may be, they’re not going to lose money and the government is not going to accept a loss in tax revenues.