Now the heat pump planning permission is approved, I have an installation date. Install will start 22nd July. I need to order some new home batteries. I think I will add another 9.6 kWh. That means we will have 19.2 kWh.
Finally a decent Agile price overnight. Looks like a force discharge tonight will make up for the poor weather today. Had just about enough sun to top the battery up.
With today’s forecast and yesterday’s lack of sun that will wipe up this weeks solar export profit. Hopefully will still break even this month. Bill date is the 28th
Octopus Agile rates are not very good overnight. Better around lunchtime. I don’t think I will charge overnight tonight. Export will have to wait until it has topped up the battery.
My electricity bill for last month: Import costs ~£50, export credits ~£90. Overall credit for April: £40 (including standing charges and running an electric car).
This is thanks to Solar PV, a House Battery and a flexible tariff from #Octopus (Intelligent Go) - all orchestrated with #HomeAssistant
Capital cost was high but well worth it 👍 #solar#solarpower#battery#solarpv#lowcarbon
A good solar day. Shame we used £2.24 from the grid last night as the solar was so poor yesterday to top up the batteries. We have exported enough to bring today’s cost down to 54p. Not sure we will break even though.
For the first time I have managed to cover my complete electricity bill. Last year I covered the import, but never the standing charge as well. Some of it was covered by the extremely good plunge pricing over the weekend of the 13th, but even so. Can I cover the gas over the summer months?
I found an issue with my Home Assistant electricity cost coding. I had set the import cost to max. Of course it can go down during plunge pricing. I think I have fixed. I can test it again overnight with my plunge pricing.
This afternoon the price of electicity is negative. And sun is out. Car is charging from #solarPV which is free, but it would be better to be paid for taking it from the grid #EV. #FirstWorldProblems
I don’t think I have seen Agile prices like this since I have been on this tariff. -7p and -8p amazing. I will not be charging tonight and be discharging in the morning.
I like this new comparison feature in #OctopusWatch v5. I don’t have an #HeatPump, but added it out of interest. Version 5 is not out yet, I am beta testing.