In the UK they pay you if you DON’T use appliances
Earlier this month, the National Grid warned British citizens against winter blackouts if they fail to import enough natural gas and electricity from other parts of Europe. According to the Daily Mail, the network operator has developed a new scheme to prevent the worst-case scenario of power outages by offering households equipped with smart meters to turn off their appliances at times of peak demand.
The National Grid program pays households up to £ 20 per day (around € 24) if they don't use energy-intensive appliances, such as electric ovens and stoves, washing machines, dryers, televisions, microwaves and even video game consoles, including 4.00pm and 7.00pm or 2.00pm to 9.00pm in the next five months.
It will be advised to use washing machines, dryers, ovens, dishwashers and other appliances outside these times, so that technicians can measure how much energy is saved on the network when it is busiest. If the full proposed discount of £ 3 per kwh were passed on to UK citizens from their suppliers, over five months it could mean a total discount of around £ 240 on their bill. –Daily Mail
The grid operator hopes that the "demand flexibility service" will save 2GW of electricity – equivalent to powering 1 million homes – during peak demand hours, to avoid supply-demand imbalances that could lead to energy rationing.
" But the program is based on the fact that users have a controversial smart meter, a device that automatically transmits energy consumption to its supplier ," says the Daily Mail.
Recall that in the United States, Colorado households could not control their smart thermostats during the summer after the local power company digitally seized them to prevent people from increasing their cooling demand during a heat wave. . Using anything smart carries risks.
This winter could be reminiscent of the power outages of the 1970s in the UK, if power generators can't get enough natural gas to run.
In view of the cold season, European families have returned to burning wood, coal and even waste to heat their homes. Western sanctions against Moscow are turning against us and risk sending tens of millions of Europeans not only into energy poverty, but also a couple of centuries back in progress. Thank you, NATO.
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