Yikes, that peak rate is frightening. I’ve been unable to switch to a proper EV tariff (Scottish Power just don’t offer them in my area for some reason – and it’s not like I’m in a little backwater either) so I’ll probably be joining EDF, which lovemyev says will be the best tariff.
I’ve been toying with solar for ages but I’ve got an awkwardly positioned roof and a couple of installers have said it’s barely worth installing panels because I’d be lucky to generate 2kw on a good day, not even enough to boil the kettle. Didn’t stop one cowboy trying to sell me a 10+kw system for the north facing roof though. So instead I’ve started looking at domestic batteries which can be installed without solar; they just charge up at night on the cheap leccy, then run your household from the battery during the day. I’ve yet to spreadsheet this out but looks like big savings to be had. I found one kit for about 4K+VAT (doesn’t include fitting though) which would power the whole house for the entire day, so basically, apart from the occasions we need to get a full charge on the EV (and a rapid charge at ALDI is cheaper than what we pay now, so we could just top up there!), our electricity could work out at 7.5p per unit all the time. Just need to work out the ROI but I’m 75% of the way there to making an investment already.
Anyone here got any experience with domestic batteries? I think @gothitjulie was completely off grid