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by time4tea 897 days ago
(I have a heat pump)

You can get electricity at 7.5pkWh. With a battery, I get 12h of cheap electricity per day, and the rest at higher prices.

At the coldest time of the year, I'm getting an average of 20pkWh.

This is just a fraction above break even gas/electric.

The rest of the year its no contest, heat pump wins.

My energy usage for heating is down by 60% year on year

My bills are the same as they were 3 years ago.

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Nice. Who's your supplier and what do you have to do to get those rates? The 6.5p/kWh for gas, 26.0p/kWh for electricity figures are from my Ovo bill for this month.
It's Intelligent Octopus Go.

You need a smart meter. It's electricity only.

You (and I) get £50 credit with this link: https://share.octopus.energy/happy-frog-559