Post #1228913
2026-03-25 09:07 UTC
@katemorley ...but we still have to pay for it as if it costs the same as natural gas: 🤔
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@jamesholden@mas.to 2026-03-25 12:40
@happyborg @katemorley Not necessarily, there are wholesale linked tariffs like Octopus Agile. My total electricity bill so far today is -97p (yes, minus).
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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-03-25 14:57
@happyborg @katemorley The quickest way to break the stupid marginal price system would be to allow people to sell their generated surplus to others, within, say, a 30km radius, and ignore the marginal price targets. And that power is delivered first, backing out the gas gen. Yes, that would need an aggregation system for billing, but it’s not impossible. If I sell for, say, 10p/kWh, with a 1p transmission cost, my village could all pay 11p/kWh and not 25-35p.