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This also depends on the country. Where I live (Europe) the rate now changes by the minute, or thereabouts. That was made possible after everybody had to change
by Tor3 5y ago
This also depends on the country. Where I live (Europe) the rate now changes by the minute, or thereabouts. That was made possible after everybody had to change to wireless meters. Sometimes you'll get a warning in advance - a newspaper may write "If you live here or here, don't do your cooking at this particular hour". Some providers still have fixed rate options, some apparently don't. What I dislike the most is that they're trying to force us to run our washing during the night, something the insurance company and the fire department warn intensely against. And I don't want to be at sleep if a fire starts (which happens here and there, through the year). But that's what the pricing scheme tries to enforce.
- sokoloff 5y agoI’m curious to see the stats they are relying on and the communications materials the fire department and insurance company are using on this topic. It seems to me from a life-safety angle that their energy would likely be far better spent on recommending smoke alarms, CO meters, and periodic cleaning of dryer vents than on recommendations against sleeping with washing/drying machines running.
- Tor3 5y agoThey do all of that as well, of course. The problem is that when it does happen (and statistically, it will, somewhere, at some point) there's a chance you don't hear the alarm (very common - just this morning there was a newspaper story about someone who were saved by the neighbours, they didn't wake up right away even with all the alarms blaring. What the alarms did though was to alert the fire department, as per their setup). In short - if there's a fire it's much better that you're awake and up already.