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When I worked at Kaluza (which was started by the founder of OVO and afaik is part of the OVO group) on smart charging EVs, the company was also running trials
by kieranmaine 4y ago
When I worked at Kaluza (which was started by the founder of OVO and afaik is part of the OVO group) on smart charging EVs, the company was also running trials to smart charge storage heaters when energy prices were low (see https://www.kaluza.com/kaluza-and-glen-dimplex/ https://www.kaluza.com/kaluza-and-glen-dimplex/). I never worked on this directly, but as a company we were really focused on delivering value to customers and helping them save money on their energy bills. I know Octopus is working on a similar system, so there is a group of people within the energy retail space that are looking to drive down bills.
- danw1979 4y agoYou make a good point, that there are a couple of decent, innovative retail energy providers. My own opinion of the sector has been tarnished by repeated bankruptcies and constant haranguing to get a sodding smart meter installed.
- kieranmaine 4y agoIt's understandable given the high profile collapses. In addition, stories like "UK energy customers receiving bills of up to £49,000 after Ovo takeover of SSE" [1] don't help at all. In defence of smart meters, they allow half-hourly settlement, which was required for smart charging of EVs. I don't understand exactly why this was required, but we couldn't work with retailers that didn't have this in place. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/23/uk-energy-customers-bills-ovo-sse https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/23/uk-energy-cust...