Smart Meters and Free Electricity, am I missing something?

[theaxe]

Since getting a 'Smart' meter British Gas are offering me a tariff with free electricity on either Saturdays or Sundays. At the moment I charge my Tesla just over once a week at a cost of about £40 a month. If I'm careful I should be able to get that close to zero with this new tariff.

Am I missing anything?

Edited by theaxe on Friday 10th February 15:27

[eybic]

theaxe said:

Since getting a 'Smart' meter British Gas are offering me a tariff with free electricity on either Saturdays or Sundays. At the moment I charge my Tesla just over once a week at a cost of about £40 a month. If I'm careful I should be able to get that close to zero with this new tariff.

Am I missing anything?

Edited by theaxe on Friday 10th February 15:27

I gather that the "free" tariffs are a bit pricier for the time when it isn't free. I guess it depends on how much pricier.

[theaxe]

Ah, that makes sense. I'll check the small-print...

[mattcov]

Yep the catch is tariff on standard pricing, only between 9-5 sat or sun (and possibly only one fuel). Unless you were using the majority of electric on that 1 day between 9-5 its a poor deal.

[onedsla]

It would certainly cut down the payback time on a domestic battery installation.

[theaxe]

I think that if I charge the car and do the laundry (usually done on Saturday anyway) then it makes sense. Using the immersion heater and electric fan heaters once a week is probably just milking it.

[AW10]

You would have to ask yourself if you want your life to be scheduled around an energy tariff - might get a bit old after a while.

[theaxe]

AW10 said:

You would have to ask yourself if you want your life to be scheduled around an energy tariff - might get a bit old after a while.

A very good point..

[Evanivitch]

Probably works okay for people that generally aren't home during the week for one reason or another.

[AW10]

Perhaps get the next door neighbour to sign up too on the other weekend day and then run a fecking big cable between the houses!