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timmmay: Right now I'm sitting at 30% saving over Mercury Energy. Summer could be interesting though, prices go up when hydro lakes go down. I mean to do an analysis of the last few years before we hit summer, if the prices look to be higher than I want to pay I'll just switch - maybe even just for summer, if that's an option.
linw: Interested in your findings/comments, Tim, as I am in the process of switching from Mercury to Flick. No smart meter yet so still in limbo. Not in any hurry, though.
mpc: Have been with Flick for just over a week after moving from Powershop. Customer service seems pretty good thus far and the switch over was done within 3-4 days (already had a smart meter installed).
Grid exit points I found here http://electricity.org.nz/Site/Map/default.aspx (source data here http://www.electricity.org.nz/delivery/kml/gxp.KML?34) but that seems to identify them down to the substation level(?), so some of the GXPs mentioned may have more than one e.g. Central Park has CPK0111 and CPK0331.
Does anyone know if Flick are using the 30min or 5min spot prices? I know their website shows 30min consumption and I seem to recall the data from Powershop (from the smart meter) was also in 30min time periods but I notice a couple of the spot price websites quote 5min spot prices.
After very little analysis it would appear hot water heating is the biggest consumption for us. Would be great if there was a way to delay hot water heating for a couple of hours, especially in the evenings. Despite having an 'inclusive' meter with Powershop it would appear our hot water isn't being ripple controlled.
mpc:
After very little analysis it would appear hot water heating is the biggest consumption for us. Would be great if there was a way to delay hot water heating for a couple of hours, especially in the evenings. Despite having an 'inclusive' meter with Powershop it would appear our hot water isn't being ripple controlled.
kiwitrc:
You can put your how water on a timer.
timmmay:
Putting a timer on your hot water's a good option
Hammerer:
FYI, ripple control isn't controlled by Powershop but by your lines/network company. The rate Powershop pays the lines company is lower for users with ripple control.
timmmay: With my old switchboard you'd need an electrician to change it, no idea about new switchboards. I wouldn't be game doing anything myself.
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