Just a point maybe worth mentioning. I’m looking at an electric car next year and have been doing my sums re electricity costs and off peak tariffs.
I’m with EDF who offer an elcrtic car driver tariff with lower rates overnight; 8p instead of 14.133p. Sound great, doesn’t it?
When I worked the figures out on a spreadsheet, using my last year’s consumption and adding 10,000 miles at 3.5 miles per kWh this ‘cheaper’ tariff would actually cost me £28 MORE a year compared to my current tariff!!
Why? Because the Off Peak tariff charges a lot more for both the gas and electric standing charges and for the peak rate of electric. The gas is a single rate, again more than I pay now.
Moral of the tale – Don’t be conned by great sounding headline rates. Do your homework so you don’t get caught!
Peter.