For the last couple weeks I have been getting these peak and troughs in central Auck

I haven't elected to be on an off peak on peak plan, and this pricing doesn't reflect their on peak off peak plan anyway.

macuser:

For the last couple weeks I have been getting these peak and troughs in central Auck

 

I haven't elected to be on an off peak on peak plan, and this pricing doesn't reflect their on peak off peak plan anyway.

 

Interesting that the north gets peaks when the rest of the country doesn't. I've never noticed peaks starting at 6am in Wellington, it does start slowly rising but any morning peak is moderate. Evening peaks are common when it's dry, starting 5pm ish or slightly later when people get home from work.

I wonder if the morning peak is because of Auckland traffic - more people get up earlier to beat traffic, and power goes up as a result.

fortydayweekend: The timimg of the spikes exactly matches the peak / off peak rate offered by Vector - peak pricing from 7-11am and 5-9pm.
https://vector.co.nz/electricity/residential/pricing


Looks like your graph is showing a peak / off peak rate.

I don't think that's correct. The peak starts around 6am, and hour before peak rates start. Prices surge when there's demand, and demand peaks when everyone gets up and showers, and then when they get home, shower, and cook dinner.

I indeed think they have moved me to on peak off peak, I need to call them.  Before this it was relatively flat.

macuser:

 

I indeed think they have moved me to on peak off peak, I need to call them.  Before this it was relatively flat.

 

Do you mean "smart plan"?

timmmay:

 

macuser:

 

I indeed think they have moved me to on peak off peak, I need to call them.  Before this it was relatively flat.

 

 

Do you mean "smart plan"?

 

That looks right -  those are the Vector price codes (ARHL, ARHS) and rates.

Is the "smart plan" new? It's good that they're offering this - it would work really well for any household that doesn't match the morning / evening peak usage. If you don't cook & turn on heaters between 5pm-9pm in winter you could save a lot.

I don't think it has anything to do with your plan, the spot prices in Auckland region on that day had those peaks in them. 

Actually, I think I'm going to disagree with my own post, the price was high on that day but the spot prices didn't spike like you are getting and seemed to stay quite high for the whole day.

fortydayweekend: That looks right -  those are the Vector price codes (ARHL, ARHS) and rates.

 

Is the "smart plan" new? It's good that they're offering this - it would work really well for any household that doesn't match the morning / evening peak usage. If you don't cook & turn on heaters between 5pm-9pm in winter you could save a lot.

 

I've been on the smart plan my entire time with Flick in Wellington. We have a bit of basic automation, so heating comes on at 3:30 or 4pm on winter before the evening peak, in the morning it comes on at 5:30am if required. All year round dish washing is done at 3am, clothes drier is sometimes done off peak. Putting in a hot water timer before long.

timmmay:

 

fortydayweekend: That looks right -  those are the Vector price codes (ARHL, ARHS) and rates.

 

Is the "smart plan" new? It's good that they're offering this - it would work really well for any household that doesn't match the morning / evening peak usage. If you don't cook & turn on heaters between 5pm-9pm in winter you could save a lot.

 

 

I've been on the smart plan my entire time with Flick in Wellington. We have a bit of basic automation, so heating comes on at 3:30 or 4pm on winter before the evening peak, in the morning it comes on at 5:30am if required. All year round dish washing is done at 3am, clothes drier is sometimes done off peak. Putting in a hot water timer before long.

 

A small battery (10kWh) might even make sense soon - if you're still using 10kWh of power in the winter evenings, you could avoid 10 * $0.12 = $1.20 of lines charges each day by charging the battery at the offpeak rate and using it during the peaks.