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What are the kWh prices in Amsterdam? I'm in London and would need to consume more than 1,700 kw to pay that much (£0.3866 per kWh, £0.3849 standing charge). E

What are the kWh prices in Amsterdam? I'm in London and would need to consume more than 1,700 kw to pay that much (£0.3866 per kWh, £0.3849 standing charge). Edit: I'm also on a variable contract

iso1631 4y ago
How variable -- how many times a day does your price per kwh change?
- ralphmelish 4y ago
  It doesn't change during they day, it only changes when the government approves price increases. I guess variable means a different thing in the UK. Do you have peak and off-peak prices?
  - Okkef 4y ago
    That's not how it works in the Netherlands
    - ralphmelish 4y ago
      That's why I asked. Thank you for your detailed explanation.
  - iso1631 4y ago
    Before the last 12 months, Octopus had an agile price where the price you pay the rate depending on different time of the day. Sometimes this would be high (25p+), sometimes it would only be a couple of pence. Sometimes it was negative. https://agileprices.co.uk/ https://agileprices.co.uk/ shows the price for a given region. For example back on October 1st you'd actually be paid to charge your battery -- Because of the government's meddling in the market it's no longer available for new customers, so if you have the resources or ability to smooth your load, it's meaningless, you can simply claim your massive subsidy from the government and recharge your 80kWh car battery at peak time for 35p // £28, with the taxpayer picking up the extra £52. But in a free market you'd charge at low demand times (say overnight when you could have been paying 10p/unit) and either use it, or possibly sell it back, at high peak times (that 80p/unit) (I'm not sure how feed in tarrifs worked with Octopus, but a system which would reduce the load on the grid has been scuppered by the government with the inexplicable energy policy)
    - ralphmelish 4y ago
      That's quite interesting. Prices seem quite cheap compared to what I'm paying right now. Too bad they are not taking new customers.
Dma54rhs 4y ago
I'm not from Holland but in EU and I pay hourly market rate of my regions electricity pool.
- ralphmelish 4y ago
  So your prices are constantly changing? How much do you pay on average for a kW?
  - Dma54rhs 4y ago
    Yup, around 15c/kwh, spot prices are common over EU in some countries more than others.

What are the kWh prices in Amsterdam? I'm in London and would need to consume more than 1,700 kw to pay that much (£0.3866 per kWh, £0.3849 standing charge). Edit: I'm also on a variable contract

iso1631 4y ago

How variable -- how many times a day does your price per kwh change?

ralphmelish 4y ago
It doesn't change during they day, it only changes when the government approves price increases. I guess variable means a different thing in the UK. Do you have peak and off-peak prices?
- Okkef 4y ago
  That's not how it works in the Netherlands
  - ralphmelish 4y ago
    That's why I asked. Thank you for your detailed explanation.
- iso1631 4y ago
  Before the last 12 months, Octopus had an agile price where the price you pay the rate depending on different time of the day. Sometimes this would be high (25p+), sometimes it would only be a couple of pence. Sometimes it was negative. https://agileprices.co.uk/ https://agileprices.co.uk/ shows the price for a given region. For example back on October 1st you'd actually be paid to charge your battery -- Because of the government's meddling in the market it's no longer available for new customers, so if you have the resources or ability to smooth your load, it's meaningless, you can simply claim your massive subsidy from the government and recharge your 80kWh car battery at peak time for 35p // £28, with the taxpayer picking up the extra £52. But in a free market you'd charge at low demand times (say overnight when you could have been paying 10p/unit) and either use it, or possibly sell it back, at high peak times (that 80p/unit) (I'm not sure how feed in tarrifs worked with Octopus, but a system which would reduce the load on the grid has been scuppered by the government with the inexplicable energy policy)
  - ralphmelish 4y ago
    That's quite interesting. Prices seem quite cheap compared to what I'm paying right now. Too bad they are not taking new customers.

Dma54rhs 4y ago

I'm not from Holland but in EU and I pay hourly market rate of my regions electricity pool.

ralphmelish 4y ago
So your prices are constantly changing? How much do you pay on average for a kW?
- Dma54rhs 4y ago
  Yup, around 15c/kwh, spot prices are common over EU in some countries more than others.